"Receiving this money mean I shall be in position to pay school fees and providing basic needs to my children studying in zula primary school."

"I expect that in the next six months, I will be able to pay school fees more comfartable without having to overwork myself. I expect to have more than one source of income so that I am able to take of my family better."

"When i receive this money, i will pay school fees for my children, put up a house and buy some cows that will help in ploughing and diary."

"My life is different because I was able to settle college and school fees to my children. Had I not received this transfer, my daughter would have taken long time to graduate and the younger one would not have joined high school because I had used all my savings to buy medication to their father who is currently struggling with sickness."

"Before GiveDirectly came to my village, I used to live a life full of worries on how to get money to pay for my children's education. I thank God because all this is in the past now since I was able to pay school fees for both first and second term for my child who is in high school. I am now happy that I have few arrears to clear before the end of this year and I am sure that I will have paid them by the end of March. This leaves me a stress-free parent this year and so far, this is the biggest difference the transfers has brought into my life."

"I spent the second transfer in buying building materials which were used in building a new house. I was living in a small house which did not accommodate me with guests, for instance, church gatherings or group meetings are sometimes conducted in my home, the meeting would always get scuttled whenever it rained since space is not enough. Additionally, the new house now has additional room for my children and store to keep my farm produce during harvests. The transfer came at a time that my child was sent back home for school fees, she risked dropping out of school and I was able to pay her school fees. I used the remaining balance of the transfer in buying food for the family because I had no maize in the store and I was now depending on buying maize flour daily after engaging in manual casual work in the tea plantation of our rich neighbors."

"The biggest difference is that I stay in a better house and cook in a good kitchen. This was not the case for my previous house used to leak during rainy reasons and cooking was difficult. My granddaughter is no longer sent home for school fees like she used to before. I expect that her performance in school will also improve considering that there are minimal disruptions with her classes."

"GiveDirectly has given us power in decision making in terms of expenditure. I have noticed that people can do so many things which are economically benefiting. The community members have engaged themselves in school fees payment, buying livestock, sugarcane farming, building decent houses and many more. There is also a loophole in the policy of unconditionality of the package and this has led to the misuse of the transfer. Some people use the transfer in drinking alcohol, doing none profit making activities, as a result, they end up leading a life of hopelessness. "

"GD has enabled us materialize the dream of building a better house, something that could still be a dream. We could still be struggling to begin the construction because the laden of paying school fees for my three children who are at secondary school could have been a challenge to us. Hence, GD's financial boost has indeed changed my life by easing the financial constraints that I had."

"I was able to buy cattle for my dowry through savings in a table bank. Now, I can buy food easily, pay school fees for my children as i transferred them to a private school from a public school."