"I spent my third transfer on paying my children's school fees to enable them acquire education. I also invested in farming as this is where I will get continued income with which i will continue paying school fees for my children."

"The biggest hardship in my life is getting enough money to run my family and also further my education. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am happly seeing my children through their education with ease since my children have not been sent home frequently due to school fees arrears. Having bought a solar lamp with the first transfer my children have ample time to study as opposed to before when they use to use lantern for lighting at night and it was expensive purchasing paraffin hence when the paraffin was exhausted that was the end of studying."

"I spent my second transfer on purchasing bedding since what I had were not worth owning. The ones I had were so old and needed immediate replacement. I also paid school fee for my son in university. Ever since he joined the university, I had been selling my cattle to pay him fee, which at the moment are over. I wondered much how I would continue paying for the son's education."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am happy seeing my child through his education with a lot of ease as he hasn't been sent home more frequently due to school fees arrears as he used to .My husband and I are just causal labors who are underpaid hence the income we make is very little that can't sustain the household's basic needs."

"The biggest differences in my daily life are I am happy that I am seeing my daughter through her education with ease since I started receiving this transfers from GiveDirectly as she hasn't been sent home due to school fees arrears. I have also bought the necessary building materials hence I am hopeful of building a decent house that I have been longing for."

"I spent my first transfer on paying school fee for my children in an academy. I also paid my fee arrears of 4000KES is secondary school. I had dropped out of school nine years ago and got married to a man who was not that much well off, so I decided to go back to school and complete my secondary education."

"The biggest differences in my daily life are I am happly living in a spacious decent three roomed house hence I no longer face challenges that I had while living in a small squeezed leaky grassed thatched house.I am also blessed and happy seeing my children through their education with ease since I paid their school fees with the first transfer."

"I spent my second transfer on paying school fee for my daughter who is awaiting her final education. I felt I needed to pay her full school fee to enable her have ample time in school and concentrate fully in her education."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my children are now in school learning like other children without any worry and l am sure they will complete their education."