I want to continue educating my children until they finish school. I will be able to achieve this by saving little by little from my daily income. My son who used to go to college to study as an electrician is currently at home since September due to a lack of school fees. It pains me to see him every day frustrated and unable to continue with his education.

Receiving this money from GiveDirectly has been of great help to me and my family. At least my daughter is continuing with her education after I finished paying her school fees even though his brother is currently at home due to a lack of school fees. I do not have any complaints at all but I am requesting additional transfers in order to continue educating my son.

I spent kes. 30000 in paying school fees for my daughter who is in Palakumi Secondary and bought food for the family. I am a mother of five, three got married while two are still going to school. With the second transfer, I managed to pay kes. 20000 as school fees for my son who is in Kaloleni Secondary School, bought five goats, sufurias (cooking ware), at kes. 3000 and the remaining amount bought food for my family. I am a maize and vegetable farmer, my husband is not around, not at home he works in another city as a farmer. These transfers helped me big time and thank you so much GiveDirectly for your support

I was preparing an evening meal for my children when I heard a very loud vibration from my phone. I did not hesitate and decided to check who it could be. I was surprised and happy to learn that I had finally received my first cash transfer. I remember saying a special prayer to thank God for hearing my cry concerning my son who was to join college.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that through financial support, I was finally able to send my two sons to school. One in college pursuing a welding course and the other one in high school. Paying their fees has been a challenge for me because I am jobless, we only depend on my spouse who relies on farming activities. The little he earned could barely sustain all our basic wants like food. Therefore this has been forcing them to be on and off most of the time throughout their academic year. I was so worried about their future since their education meant a lot to me because this was the only investment that I could proudly and gladly honour them. Therefore having managed to send them back to school has restored my joy and hope in life, gratitude to GiveDirectly.

I spent KES 30000 of my first cash transfer on paying fees for my son who recently joined college pursuing a welding course, and another one in secondary school. I am so happy to accomplish all these because they were all at home due to the arrears. To add to that, I bought two goats worthy of KES 6000. I opted for them because they can thrive so well in my region and their pasture is readily available. This is an assurance that they will increase in number within a short period. Finally, with the remaining amount of money, I bought foodstuffs for my family and other household needs.