"I spent my second transfer to pay school fees for my son in college. I am hopeful that when he clears his education,he will make his own money. Using the remaining amount,I used to repair my roof that has gotten old and was leaking. It is no longer leaking. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am able to save for my children's education with the profits I make from the business of selling beauty products. "

"When I received my first transfer, I spent it on food and school uniforms for my 3 children in a primary school. In fact, this money reached us at the right when we needed it. We were facing acute food shortage and besides this, education of my children was a major concern too since they couldn't be allowed to stay in school with tattered uniforms."

"I received the verification Mpesa message that my first transfer was sent from GiveDirectly in the morning while at the market and I had to read the message twice to confirm if it was true ,I felt very happy and joyful since I was certain of using the money to fulfill my greatest goal of seeing my children through their education by paying their school fees."

"I spent my transfer on paying for my own college fee to enable me clear my course in Early child development and education which i successfully completed and now I am a certified. I then paid school fee for my two children who are both in secondary school. I then used the rest on buying iron sheets which were used in repairing the roof of my house that was rusted and leaking."

"The transfers has brought a very big difference in my life and my children's education life since they are no longer sent home for school fees and this has made me have peace since I do not have to worry anymore about them being sent home."

"I received my first transfer when my child in a secondary school had been sent home for school fees arrears of 5000 KES and therefore I sent him back to school with the money and the rest facilitated his shopping. He is an orphan and therefore when I received the money, I knew the child would now continue with his education."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to keep my children in school a little longer than before. One of them is currently in college and the remaining 2 are in primary school. Despite the huge school fees needed to facilitate their education, I enjoy the best experience of a peaceful state of mind as opposed to before when I had to keep on running up and down, knocking the door of one bank to the other to foot their academic bills-all these were just frustration."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I'v regained my lost hope of getting better education. Since I finished my high school, I've been home with my dream of pursuing my further education remained elusive but since I got the GD support, I'm back in class and hopefully will secure job somewhere after completion."

"I spent my transfer on leasing a plot of land which I have farmed and planted with maize and millet. I also paid school fee for my daughter who is in high school because her education is very important to me. I then bought new bedding and new school uniforms for my children because the ones they had were very old. I then spent the rest of the transfer on buying food for my family."