"I bought one bundle of zinc using fifteen thousand Liberian dollars. I have a dream to use Givedirectly's transfers to build a new house because I am very tired patching the thatch house. I want to live in a good house without leakage. I also paid my two children's school fees out of my transfer and bought them school materials because once my children are educated, they will help me in the future and they will not suffer like me. My husband is sick as well, I spent five thousand on food items and took them to where he is seeking treatment."

"Although I am a very hardworking farmer, I haven't been able to achieve as many things as I thought I will have achieved at my age. The long prolonged dry seasons has made it impossible to achieve some of these goals I had set. At my age, I thought that I would have educated my four children and renovated my house to have a better place I can be proud to call home but also, single motherhood comes with a lot of responsibilities and I am proud that I have been able to achieve one of the goal as one of my children graduated from university and others are in collage. Since my main goal when I was enrolled was to renovate my house, I spend my first transfer to buy tiles and some other materials. I spend $480 of the second transfer to buy the remaining renovating materials and pay for the labour and spend the balance to buy two goats. I can't get enough of this beautiful house and I am so grateful to GiveDirectly for it made this dream come true."

"I used sixteen thousand from my transfer to buy one bundle of zinc and I also used seven thousand to buy one female goat as my cattle. I spent five thousand Liberian dollars on my son's school fees in fish Town. I decided to build a new house because since I've been a man in my community, people do not give me the respect I deserve because I don't own my own house. I used to sell bitterball before getting money to pay my son's fees and the farm wasn't producing enough to solve that problem; GiveDirectly cash transfer has helped me to get easy money to give my child education to enable him benefit himself tomorrow. I bought my goat as a form of a new business. As it matures and conceives, I will sell the kids to get more money to help my family and I in the future."

"I took a motorcycle on loan but it was re-possesed because I could not make the prearranged payment on time. I was able to at least settle $140 but due to the tough economic time I was unable to settle $50. I am currently moving up and down in my search for a well paying job and I am confident that once I do, I will get the motorcycle back and save enough money so that I will start a little business for my wife so that she has a way to make money and buy everything she wants for herself. I will also make sure I open my own business and make huge profit and have the life we as a family desired."

"When my husband passed on 10 years ago, my life hit rock bottom as I had to struggle to make ends meet. Raising 5 children single-handled through casual jobs is stressful as they pay $1 a day. This is insufficient to cater for the needs such as education, food and clothing of my family of 6. Additionally, these jobs are difficult to find and one can stay without earning for even 2 days meaning, the household will lack food for the day and hence stay hungry."

"What GiveDirectly does well is empowering people through the unconditional cash transfers. Just like me, many other people are able to go back to school and get livelihood skills and thus become financially independent. May you continue doing the great work that you usually do."

"The day I received my transfer is still fresh in my mind; I recall it being in the afternoon when I was relaxing at home after lunch. Then I heard a loud buzzing sound coming from my phone. When I checked, I discovered that I had received funds from GiveDirectly. Words alone cannot express my overwhelming joy. This is because I knew I'd be able to complete my tasks in real-time."

"I am 64, years old. Getting food here is very difficult. I mainly depend on my goats and chicken. I have 30 goats and 11 chicken. Due to the drought it's hard feeding my goats. Most of the vegetation is dry. The milk I get from the goats is little and not enough for me and my grandchild. Due to the drought, I have sold many goats for food and school fees. I am worried that I may lose all the stock by selling them to get food."

"There's a lot of poverty in the community. Our place is dry and we depend on livestock mainly. The country's economy has also worsened. Prices of commodities are high. There's little to no casual jobs now. In this village, one cannot get any jobs unless you move to the lower part, near lake Bogoria. Irrigation is done there. Due to lack of rains and the fact all farmers depend on irrigation. I can only get at best two days of work in a week. One's paid $2.50 per day. It's difficult sustaining a family with that. When it rains, many people farm and we're able to get plenty of jobs to support ourselves daily. Lack of casual jobs has affected my ability to support family."

"Lack of food is the challenge I am currently facing. I do subsistence farming as my job. However, it is four years now without rain in the village. This has caused drought and affected my work. I turned to casual jobs which are not accessible. The family takes only one meal per day. This has affected my family health."