"Receiving this money means a lot of stress relieve. I have been having much challenge in meeting daily needs of my household like education for my children, food and even clothing. I hope I will be able to achieve my dreams of better living."

"Receiving this money means regained hope in my life. I hope to expand my small scale business of vegetables, construction of spacious house and also education for my children."

"I spent second transfer on enrolling my daughter to a high school since she had just completed her primary education last year.I am so appreciative to GiveDirectly for giving me a chance of furthering my daughters education hence I am assured of my daughter's success in future.I can say without GiveDirectly I don't know if I could have done all this on my own to a success."

"I spent the larger part of my second transfer on paying school fees for my two children who are in high school. I am happy and at peace since GiveDirectly has given me an opportunity to pursue my goal of seeing all my children through their education. I bought building materials such as 14 pieces of iron sheets as I am planning to build a decent three roomed house since at the moment I am staying is a small house of which I am also cooking in it hence its dirty and the walls are full of soot as well."

"Receiving this money is a wonderful news to me as I can now have faith that my son will complete his secondary school education because I will be able to pay his fees."

"I spent my third transfer on plastering the floor of my house.Now I find it easier to clean my house by mopping it. I fixed a steel door to enhance the security of my property. I built a kitchen since I used to cook in same house hence it was soo uncomfortable .I paid school fees for my child who was in his last year of completing his high school education."

"My income is so small and it can not sustain my family members.My children have not been able to get adequate education this is because all the time they are being chased out of school because of school fees."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is not being able to complete my secondary school education. This is because of lack of enough funds thus I had to drop out at form 2."

"Receiving this money will bring change in my life since i believe my children will be able to get school fees and proceed with their education. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of income. This is because I am not able to provide for my family as expected in terms of food , clothing and education."