"The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months is that I have been able to pay school fees for my four children who are in secondary school. Previously, it has been a real struggle for me since I had no stable income. Therefore, the school has been sending them back for it yet I had none. The children would stay at home for days waiting for me to send give them money which was so little. They would pay yes but end up being sent back again to collect more."

"In the past four months, my child has not been sent home for school fees as I had win the trust of the school head as I would promise that I would pay on a specific day and surely I would do so immediately I get my transfers."

"I purchased doors,windows,cement and household items. Part of it was spent on paying school fees."

"The cash transfers enabled us clear school fees and buy food at home. In the past, we had to toil alot through agriculture to make ends meet. Life was very hard then. GiveDirectly saved us the hustle of searching for school fees. I also plastered and completed my house. This would not have been possible considering the weight of responsibilities on my shoulders."

"In the next six months, I expect to have purchased the sheep since the first round of our cycle will have been completed. This also calls for another extra call since all the money will not be channeled to buying sheep, I will take the remaining money to the school to serve as school fees for my children."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now a proud owner of a dairy cow. This is an asset to me and also an investment that I will rely on in case of a financial crisis. Owning this dairy cow has enabled me to reduce my daily expenditure as I no longer spend on milk. When it reproduces, I will be using the income from milk sales to pay for my children's school fees."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the fact that I have been able to pay for all the trips in college which I was required to pay for. For sometimes now, my husband with the support of my parents has been struggling to meet my upkeep and school fees payment and I could not afford to ask for more since it has not been that easy. Receiving the transfers fromGiveDiretly has been way too helpful since I have not been asking a lot from them anymore."

"I decided to clear school fees arrears for my children who are in secondary school using part of my transfer. I settled on this so that they would be able to study without any interruptions. Also, I bought some household items that I did not have. I bought some utensils and a cupboard to use in storing the utensils. As a way of improving my poultry keeping project, I bought a wire mesh to use in fencing part of my compound where I will be feeding my chicken from. I am now glad since I no longer practice freelance poultry keeping project which usually led to the destruction of my crops on the farm."

"The recent transfer which I received from GD, I spent to clear this year's school fees. Unlike before, I would have some arrears carried forward to the following year as I wasn't able to pay on time. My children were able to stay in school throughout the term as they were not sent home for school fees at any given point."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to pay my children's school fees using this transfer. Before, I used to wholly depend on my carpentry business which was not doing so well because I didn't have a proper workshop to store my raw materials. Therefore I could only buy a few timbers per day depending on the number of orders from my clients. I couldn't grow and establish my business because of the small profit I got could be spent on our daily expenditure. Since the money was not enough to cater to all my needs, school fees for my children continued to pile up and sometimes my children would be sent home. This affected the day to day learning. I am glad because I finally managed to offset the school fees arrears."