"I have always wished to pursue a teaching course but due to financial constraints, this wish has always remained to be a dream. I have tried all manner of jobs to raise income to pay for my tuition but all efforts have been in vain. My husband does not earn much and so the little that we get, we contribute towards taking care of our children. From the experience that I have had and the large amount required to complete the whole course, I plan to invest my transfer first so that It may continuously generate income to sustain not only my education but also other household needs. We have a parcel of land in Bandari centre and with the transfer, we plan to construct rental rooms whose front yard will double up as a general shop that I will be managing for starters. The center is a central point hosting students and teachers who rent rooms to be nearer to the institution hence the reassurance of getting readily available market to boost my investment thus enabling me to accomplish my life time dream without any more financial struggles."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have owned 2 piglets that I intend to keep for my children's education. I am also having new beddings, a water drum, four jerry cans and I was able to seek proper medical treatment for myself and children with this transfer. Previously , I used to sell the tittle food I had for paying medical bills and school fees."

"I was left hopeless after missing to join university due to lack of fee even though I had been admitted as a regular student. I live with my grandmother after my single mother left my brother and I in her hands to an unknown place. It has been hard for my grandmother to raise fee for the two of us and my university education was forgone last year in order to raise school fee to support my brother in secondary school. I was left hopeless not knowing when to join university again. In the last four months, I have been buying a sheep every month using GiveDirectly monthly transfers. I am so happy today to these growing in number and I have hope come next year they will have reproduced hence will have some to sell to help me meet my university education fee. GiveDirectly has given me hope of a better future I am currently so happy and thankful for this."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy oxen to support in my cultivation activity, take care of the education needs of my grandchildren and buy household items. "

"When hunger strikes, no one is spared. It always breaks my heart when am incapable of providing basic necessities like food and education for my family all because of unreliable sources of income. This has seen us spend most of our nights hungry and some of the children submit their dreams of attaining the highest level of education. Now that Give directly has come through, I will be in a capacity to bring the lost opportunity back. To fill this gap, I will start-up livestock trade, a business that will generate an income that can help me cater to the family's needs."

"My husband and I never went to school but we have the aim of investing in education for our children. This aim has never been achieved because, we are unlearned couple with no reliable source of income to fully support our children in school. My husband's job is to make and sell local rope beds and in addition, he sells sisal ropes. The income from these jobs are not enough to sustain our family needs. This forced my daughter to join a tailoring college immediately after her Kenya certificate of Primary Education. Receiving this money will mean bringing our life to light. We will buy a sewing machine for our daughter and hire a room at Bandari center to start a tailoring shop. Part of the transfer will be used in livestock business and the income from these businesses will help us to pay school fee for our children. We also plan to use the remaining amount to construct an iron roofed house for our family."

"My life is currently different from how it was four months a go for many reasons, but most importantly is the fact that I have been able to take my son through his secondary education and I am now struggling to bring my house to completion. This has meant that the cost of living for us has been much more affordable and we can think of new projects going forward."

"I believe education is the key to a brighter future and my desire is to provide quality education for my children. This will enable them to lead better lives unlike myself who struggles too much to provide for the family. In this regard, I will purchase livestock for rearing which I will sell in future to finance their educational costs. Besides, I will also add capital to my current fish mongering business. This will mean more income to meet my family needs without much strain."

"The biggest difference in my life right now is that I can pay my own school fees and does not have to burden my parents. I do not have to be dependent on my parents. I was able to enrol myself in a secondary school and I look forward to fulfilling my dreams of finishing my secondary school education."

"I spent my first transfer to purchase 3 trips of brikes at UGX 830,000 1 trip of sand at UGX 100,000 and construction labour at UGX 200,000. I also spent UGX 400,000 on the education of my children, hired an acre of land at UGX 100,000 paid medical bill at UGX and 70,000."