"My biggest hardship in life was when I failed to complete secondary education because there was no money for paying school fees"

"My biggest hardship i faced in life is failure to continue with education due to lack of school fees and education materials"

"I spent my second transfer on plastering my house which I had began renovating using my first transfer. Secondly I registered my younger sister for a hair dressing course. Since she finished her secondary education, she has been idling without any constructive thing to do. I am so glad that she is engaged in her course right now and trusts that after the course she well get a better place of work."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the joy I have from buying building materials which will necessitate the building of a decent house in my own homestead and I believe when this happens I would have saved the money I used to pay monthly rent for children's education.I have also acquired a cupboard which I have been admiring for my neighbors' houses and til now I feel I am dreaming since I never saw all this coming .I am thankful to GiveDirectly."

"I spent my second transfer on buying an ox 15,000 KES and an ox plough 13,000 KES .I fixed a steel door from a mat door and now I feel secure in my house more.I have saved 22,000 KES for my child's education who is supposed to join high school next year."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that since I cleared school fees for my son in a college, I have managed to enjoy life free of debts and loans for the first time. Before then, we could sustain his education by relying on menial jobs and borrowings, all that were just stressful."

"When I received my second transfer, I extended my main house from 14 to 25 iron sheets worth 21000 KES, cleared school fees for my child with 4000 KES and spent the rest on food. I have felt the relief since affording food has been my main problem and coupled with financing my child education was making it even more difficult."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my property are safe even if I'm far from home. People used to pick my items from the house when not home because of the state of my house but since I established a better one, all my belonging are safe. Apart from that, I'm now certain that my son will now complete his high school education because I've managed to pay most of his fee."

"When I received my second transfer, I spent 1300 KEs on a sack of maize, 17000 KES on a cow and cleared school fees for my 2 children in a secondary school. I am very happy that I was able to resend my children back to school and as we talk, they are continuing with their education."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the roomy house and the comfort we currently enjoy . This was going to take a long time to accomplish because of our current high recurrent education expenditure for our children.Thank you very much GD."