"I spent KES 31000 the transfer on buying livestock which include a cow and two goats. My aim is to keep these livestock so that as they reproduce and increase in number, I can readily depend on in case of any financial problem. I was previously sleeping on the floor since I could not afford to purchase nice bedding. When I received my first transfer, I took KES 10000 replace the worn out mats I was using as bedding. I am now sleeping comfortably on a wooden bed and a new matress. I also spent KES 15000 to pay school fees for my grandson who is in high school. He was at home due to the huge fee arrears. He is now comfortably in school. I spent the remaining amount to cater for my household basic needs such as buying daily foodstuffs and clothing, including paying for other household expenses."

"I had qualified to go to the university but could not due to lack of school fees, I have been saving the transfers I have been receiving and taking any available job so as to raise the money for my fees. My hope that in six months, I will have saved enough money to enable me to join the university during the next intake in September."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the peace of mind that I got after receiving these transfers. Three of my children are in high school and one is in college. This means that we have to did deep into our pockets to pay their school fees and keep them in school. The transfers came at a time when we had huge school fees arrears in those schools and we did not have any money to clear this. Considering that I was only working as a casual laborer in a local day school and that I earned very little to raise such money, things were going to be tough for us and we would have our children sent home for school fees. My husband too was getting very little from his workshop. The total amount of money that we got combined was jut enough to meet the daily needs with other timesbeing really hard to even put food on the table. On receiving these transfers we purposed to clear all the school fees for our children and for the first time ever since they joined secondary school, we can be sure that they are not going to be sent home for school fees and we are optimistic that this will translate to improvement in their performance. They felt so happy themselves claiming that God had come through for them this time round. This is the biggest difference in our daily lives."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving these transfers is that I have always been in school because I have paid my school fees arrears. Without the transfers, I would have dropped out of school by now. This is because my mother who had been paying for my school fees do not have any stable source of income and I used to be sent home for fees arrears on a monthly basis. This is because my mother was not able to pay for my fees on time. Anytime I was sent home, I would stay home for as long as a month as my mother was still looking for the money. Since I started receiving these transfers, I have never been sent home again."

"The transfer has enabled me to clear school fees for my children. I am glad that they are comfortable taking their studies like the rest of the children. Seeing them learning without any difficulties gives me peace and even an opportunity to prepare for the next payment. I am now in the process of starting a poultry project as an investment in my homestead. I am pretty sure that through this project, I will be able to supply chicken and earn more income. At least I will be self-employed and having a good source of income."

"Financial constraint is my biggest hardship. This results from the fact that I am a house wife and my spouse burns charcoal for a living. Because the earnings are not consistent, he can only afford 1000 shillings for our sustenance. This is what has deprived us of decent living. We cannot afford good beddings, enough food, clothes and school fees. Currently my son who completed primary school last year has not yet joined secondary institution due to this problem."

"I thank GiveDirectly for their financial support. I had lived a stressful life since I felt I wasn't in a position to support my family. I had nothing to own as assets in my homestead and the scarce recourse couldn't allow me to acquire any. Having a dairy cow and clearing for my child's school fees to me is a great change in my life. I am the happiest person since I believe that once my dairy cow reproduces, they increase in number. I am assured that I will be able to sell the offsprings in the future to support my family's needs and any financial need arising such as educating my children. I will soon have milk for both sales and household consumption thus will have some money to save unlike now where I only spend on."

"My children's education has been my priority among my family needs knowing that this is the only way to brighten their future. For a casual laborer to raise school fees and at the same time meet the daily household needs is so challenging, a situation I had faced for my entire past life. The biggest difference in my daily life since I received my transfer is being empowered to support my children's education. I feel so happy to see them in school study courtesy of Give Directly, I am hopeful they will have good results to take them to a good university and later have jobs to support their lives and give back to us."

"I am a mother of eight children all in both secondary and primary schools. It has always been my ambition to give them a good education to help have a better life in the future but raising their fee has been too challenging for me since I rely on low paying and hardly found casual jobs. It had been a routine for them to be sent home every now then since I had no time ever cleared their school fees. This was devastating and discouraging made my children drop in their performance. The biggest difference in my daily ever since I received my transfer from GiveDirectly is being able to settle my children's school fees. I feel so happy to see my children in school studying hard knowing that they will improve in their performance and eventually pass their exams."

"My plan is to continue ensuring that my children's school fees are paid to ensure that they their education is not disrupted."