"I used the money to pay school fees for my brother who had been sent away from school due to fees balances yet my mother had no money at that time. As an elder sister, I had to chip in and ensure that the young boy goes back to school in good time in order to resume his studies without wasting time at home. Were it not for the transfers I think we would have stayed back here at home with my bro until such a time when I will have some cash."

"My life is different than it would have been because I have cows which will reproduce and be sold to get money in future. Before, life was so hard in that there was no asset in the home to be sold and get money to solve certain issues like school fees for the children. "

"Life is different in than I sleep better on a bed with mattress and there's a solar to provide lighting at night. In addition, children are happy to be at school. Before, it was very difficult to find money to pay children school fees, and we used to sleep on the floor with a mat."

"I bought building materials ( sand, bricks, Windows, 22 bags of cement and paint) paid labour and school fees."

"The cash transfers offloaded the debt burden that I had. More so, we paid our children's school fees. This was a very bug challenge to us. We did not have any income generating activity besides agriculture which was unpredictable. I can only appreciate GiveDirectly for the cash transfers and my prayer is that may GiveDirectly live forever."

"The additional goal in my life for the next months is to save some money to use in paying school fees for my son who will be joining a tertiary institution this year. It has always been my prayer to see all of my children become successful in life and God has answered my prayer as my last born son will be joining university this year under government sponsorship."

"In the last four months, my life is different from how it would have been in that my children are always in school. Before the transfers, my children were been sent home every month because I could not be able to keep up paying in time. This is because I do not have any source of income. I only depend on farming activities to sustain my family needs. This could not give much to help me meet all my demands hence I would fail to pay school fees for my children in time. With this transfer, I was able to clear the balance of the fee and they have never been sent home again for the same."

"I spent the cash transfers on paying my house rent which is normally 3000 KES every month. I also paid school fees for my child who is currently in class six. After making expenditures on the two items, I remained with one thousand shillings which I used to buy food for my kids."

"My life has taken a different trajectory because today, paying school fees for my children has become a very easy thing for me unlike how I used to struggle so much in the past. I also find it easy taking care of other financial needs of the house such as buying food for the family without having to dig much deeper into my pockets. Like I said before, I have always wanted to expand the size of my business but then due to lack of capital capacity, my business has always dragged a lot, but today things have changed for the good."

"Within the past few months, I have managed to tile the living room of my house which now looks quite presentable and beautiful. Even though I have not yet completed tilling the entire house, I already have a sense of achievement whenever I get compliments on how wonderful my house looks. I have also managed to pay most of my children's school fees and they have not been sent away from school for failure to pay their school fees on time as was mostly the case in the previous months."