"One of my daughters got divorced a few years ago and she came back home. Being an old woman and with no constant source of income, putting up with her and her children in my house since that time has been a great burden of responsibility. Money I would otherwise spend for my welfare would go towards her children's school fee and food. This is the biggest hardship I've faced."

"Two of my children are in secondary school. I sold all my livestock to take them through school. Receiving this money is a new beginning because I am planning to buy a dairy cow to provide my family with milk for consumption and sale of surplus. A good dairy cow will cost me around $400. I will use the remaining $150 of my first transfer to buy building materials for my sons' house."

"Lack of adequate finance to meet my desire providing for education for my children has been my biggest hardship I have faced in my life. I am jobless and I rely on my husband who is a water vendor. This job is temporary and it earns his 2 dollars on a lucky day. His income can not fully cater for the educational need of my family hence my children are always at home due to the huge fee balances. This has compelled me to live a miserable life because I feel I am not performing my duty as a parent."

"What a good feeling to have after building a decent shelter for my mother with GiveDirectly. Its breath taking to see her no longer staying at her brother - in - law old shanty that was deserted when she was rendered homeless since her house had collapsed. Secondly, I have been able to settle all my son's school fees. This has brought an additional peace of mind. Before, I have done several fund raisers to raise money to pay his school fees and even sold a fair share of my properties for his education. Thanks you GiveDirectly for bettering our life which wouldn't have been the case without the financial support."

"A respectable house for my family is what receiving this money means to me. Currently, we living in a small, single roomed house which is about to collapse. My desire has been to expand it by build additional room for my children. I am intending to spend 350 USD on building my house and purchasing 2 beds and 2 mattresses."

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received these transfers in that, I purchased a solar lamp for lighting purposes in my household. Due to this, my children nowadays do their revision in the evening without any problems and disturbance. Secondly, paying school fees for my children and have them in their various schools is very delightful for me to see them prosper in their education which shall allow them to have a better life in the future. Thanks you GiveDirectly."

"In the next six months, I expect to have more income from my projects that will see my family have better living standards. By this time, I expect to have more than 100 chicken that are egg laying and with this project at hand, I am sure to have more income for the family and more investments to even improve the standards of living for the family as well."

"My life is improved from how it had been because I received the money and connected my home to running water. This water has the potential to supply an irrigated garden that I will be producing vegetables for sale and also for use at home. Its tremendous benefits were evident during the recent drought where for the first time, I did not take the cows to a community water pond in another village like we had been doing years on end. As a result, my cows maintained the production level of milk unlike how it used to get low due to the tress of long-distances and the water stress they could go through. I am already reaping the benefits through unaffected milk production and a possible establishment of an irrigated vegetable garden."

"My life is currently different after managing to own a dairy cow with the help of the transfer. I have been selling surplus milk and using the remaining liters for household consumption which has enabled us to cut the cost of buying milk. I am also proud to have managed to offset school fees balance for my child with ease."

"My life has improved after reducing the burden of paying part of the school fees for my daughter. I am also glad that I built a house too. The fact that I haven't had to sell land to educate my child is the best gift that I received from GiveDirectly. As a parent, I would have accepted to stay at home with my child and the only option would have been to sell apart of my land. This would have devastated me and my family who have only this small piece of land to call home. I am now utilizing the farm while my child is peaceful at school a the same time, unlike when I had all the fears of having to lose one in order to have the other."