"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to cement my house into a semi- permanent house from a mud one which I was previously staying in and now I am no longer worried of incurring frequent expense of smearing it ,mainly on rainy season as rain used to destroy the mud and leave the walls in an unaesthetic state. I have also acquire my Kenya Certificate of Secondary education which had been with held by my previous high school for four good years due to school fees arrears which I hadn't settled and now I am so happy since I will further my education with ease and with confidence on application."

"The biggest hardship I face is that I am not able to cater for my family's basic needs such as food, clothing and education due to my insufficient and unsustainable income."

"I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for my children to allow them acquire education. I also bought goats for rearing as an investment."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my children wouldn't have continued their education were it not for GiveDirectly because I was overwhelmed by their fee arrears."

"I spent the whole of my second transfer on paying school fees for my children in secondary school and university to help them have good education. "

"I spent my second transfer on paying school fees for my brother(the late)'s children to enable them acquire education."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am happly seeing my child through her education with ease and now she has not been sent home for school fees due to school fees arrears. I am thankful to GiveDirectly for giving me an opportunity of educating my child."

"Before I started receiving transfers from Give Directly, raising fees for education of my child was a very big challenge since I don't have a stable/ reliable source of income but when I received this money, I felt the relief and peaceful state of mind that I enjoy till this moment and daily-I cleared the whole year fees and he has been learning more peacefully."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am currently educating my children with a lot ease.They are no longer sent home for school fees hence I have gain a peaceful state of mind.I am thankful to GiveDirectly for giving me an opportunity to see my children through their education sincerely this has been my greatest dream and call."

"I spent most of the second transfer to pay fee for my children who are in secondary school, since education is the best investment in future. I also spent the transfer to buy two dairy cows for my future use, where by l will not spend money to buy milk from my neighbors. I also spent the transfer to buy 1 sack of maize and the remaining balance l spent to improve my business."