"My life has become better because I paid my children's school fees and used some money to facilitate agricultural activities. We have hope of getting harvests that we shall sell to get money for constructing an iron roofed house. Before, I depended on loans and it was not easy to pay back since there was no clear source of money."

"Looking at the great work that GiveDirectly has done to us, I can't imagine how life would have been if we would not have received the transfer. The new house which I have constructed, the medication which I sought using giveDirectly money and the school fees which I cleared for my son would not have happened. It is indeed clear that my son would have dropped from school and my health condition would have deteriorated the most since I would not have gotten the required medical attention. Thank you GiveDirectly for considering to work in our village."

"My second transfer was spent to buy to hire cultivation land, pay school fees, pay labour for ploughing & weeding gardens, and hospital bills. "

"GiveDirectly has done well giving us money directly that has enabled people to build permanent houses, acquire livestock, cultivation land, pay children school fees. There's nothing it hasn't done well in my opinion. "

"Currently, my life is different from how it was in that, I pay school fees for my child with easy. I use the profits which I get from my business to meet most of my needs and I am glad that I do not take a lot of loans from the merry-go-round unlike before."

"My life is different from how it was four months ago in that I was able to pay school fees for my son. I normally strain my self by doing several casual jobs a day in order to save something to pay for his school fees. Even after working this hard its usually not enough and they end up sending him home. It is very frustrating to see him being sent home. I am glad this time I won't have to overwork my self because I managed to pay his school fees using the transfers sent to me by Give Directly."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved some money that I receive from GiveDirectly to pay school fees for my child who will be joining form one next year."

"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I no longer buy food at the market because I have enough in store due to the good farming. My children are also no longer sent home to collect school fees because I pay their school fees on time."

"Receiving this money means initiating a poultry project that will enable me to earn some income upon selling eggs and chicken after they multiply. I will have to buy some wiremesh and barbed wire for fencing my compound in order to restrict the chicken from going to my neighbour's farms to destroy crops then buy materials for constructing the chicken coop before i buy mature chicks and their feeds to start up the project with. The remaining part of my transfer will enable me to pay next term's school fees with ease."

"I spent part of the first transfer on buying building materials, I used 17000 to buy twenty pieces of iron sheets. This was for the construction of my new house. I used to have a very small house that was in poor condition and it could not accommodate us all. I also managed to pay school fees for my children. I am glad I managed to pay the school on time since this is what normally frustrates me the most. I spent the remaining amount of money, to buy a bicycle which is helping me with fetching water since our water point is very far. I am now relieved because the bicycle will be of great help because I will not have to walk the long distances"