"My life has really taken a sharp corner in the direction of success. Initially, I could struggle with paying school fees for my children. There are days they could stay back at home because of inadequate resources. But ever since GD's transfers started coming, It has been a bit easier and less stressful."

"My new goal for the next four months is to save money and pay school fees for my children so that they will be able to pursue their dream without any interference."

"With GiveDirectly transfers, I have been able to have tea seedlings which is one of the main cash crops here. In the next four months I shall have already planted the tea seedlings and be able to secure more income in the coming years and be able to pay school fees and meet other family expenses as and when they come."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I was able to join college. I did not know that I could have joined college because my parents could not afford it. I had tried casual jobs and even worked as a house help for three months but the money was not enough to take care of my needs leave alone paying school fees. My siblings are still young and I could mostly send my mother the money to handle their needs first. This was life-transforming because I have joined college taking a twelve month's course. I hope to graduate by December and hopefully get a job afterward which will help me to support my younger siblings."

"I spent part of the first transfer on buying building materials for the construction of a grocery shop. I have been selling vegetables and fruits in town which has been my only source of income, though I had rented the premise. Having my own shop will relieve me of the monthly rent expenses. In addition, I also purchased new beddings which include a new wooden bed and mattress to replace the old beddings which were worn out. At least I can now afford a comfortable sleep unlike before. I also spent a portion of the transfer to provide daily foodstuffs for my family and also paying school fees for my children for them to continue with their studies."

"My husband has another wife.Therefore he does not spend a lot of time with us in order to assist in meeting the daily needs of our children.I am forced to shoulder all the needs by myself.Without a source of income and only relying on farm produce,life is often difficult.My farm is very small and cannot produce enough to feed us as well as any extra for sale.Aside from food,my children have other needs that help facilitate their education like books and school fees.Meeting all these needs has been the biggest hardship I have faced"

"Paying school fees is usually an uphill task in a home where the major source of income is casual labour, an example of which is collecting firewood in a nearby government forest and delivering them in kind for my children's education. Receiving this money will pardon me from this illegal business and enable me pay my children's school fees upfront through to next year. I believe if majority of my neighbors would think and act the same, it would be a collective resolve to mitigate deforestation and positively impact the ecosystem. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am no longer worried in life. The kind of peace I am experiencing at the moment is priceless. I used to have sleepless nights thinking about how I would take care of my daily needs. To add on that I have a school going child who I always felt bad when they could send her home due to lack of school fees. I am glad that I am now able to comfortably pay school fees and still meet my other daily needs."

"Recieving this money means I will be able to build a house for my family since most of the houses at the compound leak and then the balance use it for paying my childrens school fees since I am struggling alone from the time I seperated with my wife."

"Recieving this money means I will be in position to complete my house which has stayed for so long.The little money we have been getting as a family,we make sure we a portion very little money towards the house completion then also alot of money has been directed towards school fees.The grass thatched hut we live in leaks allover thats why we prioritise on completing the iron roofed house."