"My father removed me from my husband's house demanding dowry payment. Unfortunately,he died before the payment was done and that's how I found myself not only separated with my husband but also as the breadwinner for my younger siblings.Being the first born,I started a hotel business to support the family on a rental premise and the cost of rent is an expense I have always wanted to cut down on.This is because next to it is our family land where I have had the desire to construct my own.Receiving this money from Give directly means my dream to construct my own business premise will be fulfilled. I will have enough cash at hand to support my sibling's education,food provision, clothing and save some for my child's education in future."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to take care of the education needs of my children. "

"In the next six months, I will have completed constructing my house. I will no longer worry about how to repair my house or worry about the leaking roof during the rainy season. We will now sleep peacefully. The completion of this house will allow me to focus on other goals. I plan to give my children a quality education. I will have to come up with a strategy to ensure that I achieve all these my goals."

"Previously, I lead a hopeless way of life I couldn't stand the vicious cycle of life to befall my children. My two children have not been able to pursue their dream of enrolling into secondary school due to the meagre income which I used to get from odd jobs that couldn't sustain my family.GiveDirectly's transfers have come in handy hence the biggest difference in my daily life is that I being able to enrol my child in high school and now I am happy since I am certain of my child's success through education."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to take care of the education needs of my children, buy a piece of land where I can establish a home."

"I still don't have new goals at the moment. I am focused on paying school fees for my daughter. I do not want to fail her as a parent. I will do everything in my might to ensure she finishes school. I am afraid that if I start working on other goals I might interfere with her education since I am not stable financially."

"Four out of my seven children missed quality education because of poverty and only one managed up to standard eight. They now lead very difficult lives where the two men are casual labourers and the ladies are housewives. I would not want the rest to go through the same and my greatest ambition to educate them. I believe education is the only way that can give them a better future because they will be able to secure jobs. This means they will take care of themselves and also help my aging husband and I. To achieve this, I will purchase goats for rearing that I will sell out to finance their educational needs. I prefer goats because they multiply faster and are drought resistant enough to survive the harsh climatic condition in my area."

"In the next six months, I want to start saving so that I can raise money for my college fees. I finished my secondary school last year but due to lack of money, I was not able to join college. This is the reason why I want to save so as to further my education."

"I spent part of the transfer to purchase a bull and a calf. These assets are highly valued in our area because they do not depreciate they appreciate instead. They also come in handy in case when there is an emergency. In addition to that, they require minimum care. I am sure they will assist me to pay for my children's education in future. In case the milk production will be high enough I will sell some to the local dairy milk Sacco in order to earn income. Apart from this, I will train the bulls to help me in cultivating my farm. This will enable me to increase the size of land that will be cultivated during the planting season. In addition to that, I also managed to build a bigger house. Currently, my children do not have to seek shelter elsewhere since the new house is spacious enough to accommodate all of us. I also bought new school uniforms for my children and did shopping for other basic necessities for my family. I thank Give Directly for helping achieve all these within a short period of time"

"The biggest difference in my life is the payment of school fees for my payment for my last born who is in secondary school. Paying school fees is a priority number one because I want him to have a good education. I had always desired to pay school fees on time but my income from the menial jobs was not sufficient. Using the transfers I have received over the last four months, I cleared the terms fees. He is now stable at school which means he will pass his exams and make me proud."