"In the next six months I expect my life to have changed in that I will have restarted my business. I expect to have more income than now hence have more chances of developing in different sectors like farming and even better education for my kids."

"I had a childhood dream of one day becoming a lecturer but unfortunately this dream was short-lived due to my parent's inability to pay for my school fees. As a result, I had to drop out of school and started engaging myself in casual labour to atleast help my parents in catering for my younger siblings. Getting a good job has been very difficult due to my level of education and this for me is the biggest hardship I have ever experienced. "

"Receiving this money means great transformation in my life. This is like a miracle that has come at the right time when my children need school fees for their education. I would like to clear their arreas so that they stay in school most of the time."

"Having joined form 1 in 2007, I ought to have completed my secondary school education four years later -typically. With me this was not the case. I dropped out of school in form 3 due to lack of fees. My parents could not afford to. I felt discouraged that my dreams were somehow shattered. Due to my desire for education, I rejoined school in 2013 starting from form 2 and completed in 2016. The school has since withheld my results slip and certificate of completion due to outstanding arrears. This is the biggest hardship I have faced in my life. But thanks to Give Directly, I am going to rewrite my story. With further help it is my desire to enroll for a course in Forestry and forestry conservation. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is as a result of lack of enough education.I completed primary school and due to lack of school fees I did not proceed to secondary school.My parents had seperated at that time and life was so difficult.I feel that if I had proceeded with my studies I could be empolyed somewhere and therefore struggling less to feed and educate my children."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of School fees. My intention was to pursue with my education to tertiary or University level but my parents were unable to raise School fees and thus I ended in Primary level."

"Receiving this money to me better education for my children. I plan to use the funds to pay school fee for my children and ensure their learning is not disrupted because of school fee balances."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to meet the education needs of my children. "

"Receiving this money is a means of helping me to buy cows which will help me in future to education my brother's child, who is an orphan ."

"When I received my first transfers, I paid tuition worth 427,000ugx for my children in secondary education. I used 100,000ugx for feeding the family and the balance of 1,175,000ugx, I have kept for building a commercial house when my husband comes back since he works as a military officer."