Schools are about to reopen and my plans is to raise enough money to pay school fees. I normally rely on farm produce and dairy keeping to raise enough money to pay the fees. I have three children in school having had one of them graduate recently

In my opinion GiveDirectly does very well by giving support in form of cash. This cash gives everyone an opportunity to choose for themselves what they would want to spend the money on. Looking at how I was able to revive my farming practices as well as meet some of the most immediate needs of my family makes not only me so happy but the whole family as well. I am so grateful to have been part of the beneficiaries of this program.

When I received my second transfer, I used approximately $300 to complete a house that I had earlier constructed. I then used the remaining amount of $230 to buy food, clothes and put some piece of land under agriculture. I had managed to start the construction of our house when my children were still in primary level of education. At that time, they did not need much attention from us in terms of cash since they studied for free. When they joined secondary and tertiary level of education, the demand for school fees became huge. I could not continue with the construction of our house until recently when we received money from GiveDirectly. I am so happy that the house is now fully complete. My family too is very happy with the completion of this house and for the fact that they were able to acquire some new clothes and the food that we bought with the money as well. I know very well that paying school fees for my three children who are still in secondary and university level will be quite easy with the new agricultural activities that we revived.

It was around 6 am while waking up when I heard a message alert on my phone. On checking, I had received KES 55,000 from GiveDirectly. I was very happy and relayed the good news to my wife who was cooking tea at the time and she was equally excited.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I received the transfers is the settlement of school fees arrears. This enabled my son to do his end-semester exams. Earlier, I used to stress because of school fees arrears because I now have two kids in high school and one in college. Additionally, my daughter also joined high school with the help of the transfers and I am grateful.

I am a father of five, a livestock dealer for the past two years, and a small-scale farmer. From my livestock vending I normally get an income of KES 5,000 on a good day which helps feed my family and school our kids. My wife is also an egg vendor for the past four years and her income comes in handy whenever I need her financial support. When I received the transfers, I spent KES 37,00 on clearance of school fees arrears for my son in college and two daughters in high school.KES 15,000 was spent on the settlement of college fees arrears and KES 22,000 on clearance of high school fees. As a result, my college son was able to sit for his end-of-semester exams without any problem. Additionally, the two daughters can now fully concentrate on their studies and I am relieved of school fees burdens. Secondly, I spent KES 4,000 on a bag of maize. This is because my maize crop didn't do well last season this is evident from the two sacks of maize harvested from an acre of land. also spent KES 3,000 on clothes and beddings. This is because their clothes were worn out. For the rest, I spent KES 5,000 on plowing and planting cabbage seeds on three eight pieces of land. Once they are ripe they will be a source of income majorly for school fees purposes.