"Not having a reliable source of income to sustain my familial needs. I work as a casual labourer for a living. And the pay is not enough for daily meals, let alone education needs"

"Receiving this money makes me happy because my life is going to change.I will have things that my heart have always desired like having a cemented house and upgrading my education to the next level since I am an ECD teacher."

"Generally, I can talk of improved living standard in my household; first, I have managed to enroll my son in a good secondary school and I am glad he is getting the right education, besides, I have hopes in life. I thought I would live in a rental house for the rest of my life but when I got this money, I acquired all building materials and very soon I will be moving to my own home. This is how my life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer."

"I spent my third transfer on completing the construction of my house which I had began using my second transfer. Other than that, I purchased some two goats to act as an investment of a portion of the transfer which may be of help in catering for my children's future education."

"My life is different in that I got relieved from moving up and down in search school fee because I managed to settle a larger portion of my daughters' fee. Without GD support, I'm sure my chieldren couldn't have continued with their education because I have reliable source of income. Apart from that, my family adorn smartly in the new clothes I bought them."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received transfer from Give Directly in that I have managed to see my 2 children through their secondary education successfully without relying on loans from the financial institutions and therefore I am debt-free. Again. I have acquired a better house where we live more comfortably as opposed to the former one which was very dusty."

"My life is different in that my child who was home due to finacial constrant after excelling in his primary school is now pursuing his high school education. "

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I managed to get my son back to clear his high school education which he had quit due to lack of school fee. I also managed to cement the floor of my house hence I no longer experience dust."

"When I received my third transfer, the first thing I did was to clear school fees arrears for my 2 children in a secondary school to enable them sit for their examination. Before I received the money, I had a lot of uncertainties about their education and therefore thanks to Give Directly for giving me such a great confidence. Lastly, I used the rest of the money for plastering my main house with sand and cement. I wanted to live in a cleaner environment."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I have paid school fees for my daughter hence I am happy seeing her through her education since my greatest dream is to embrace girl child education."