"I am a farmer, I farm for domestic uses. I have cultivated maize, cassava, and potatoes that my family consumes daily. My husband is the breadwinner and is in charcoal production. Most days he gets $2000 a week from the business where the money is used to pay school fees for my five children. There are days that he does not get customers and we are forced to borrow money from friends so that the children cannot go to school on an empty stomach. Receiving this transfer has helped me pay for my children annual school fees which are $200, and built a two-roomed house because my previous one was unstable, it was made of grass, bought a mattress, and the rest I spent on food."

"My three children and I stay in a tiny one-roomed house. I have to send them out so that I can change my clothes after a bath. My long-term goal is to build a three-roomed house that will be comfortable for all of us"

"Before receiving the transfer, I was employed, selling new shoes getting $2 a day that I used to buy food and save $0.5. I do not have a family yet. Receiving this transfer has enabled me to open a shoe business, I have a lot of experience in the job, and starting mine was not a challenge. I used all the money as capital and with only the two of us doing business in the village, I get $30 weekly I save part of the money to buy food."

"It is good to see the faces behind the voices on call. I enjoy getting visits from GiveDirectly and they are always welcome to my home."

"I felt so happy the moment I received money from GiveDirectly. I was going about my daily duties and I was in a noisy place where I could not hear my phone ringing. when I heard people close to me claim that they had received their share, I checked my own account and I was met with a pleasant surprise from GiveDirectly. It was a message confirming that indeed I had received a sum of $550. Never had I felt so much excitement before than I felt when I received the money."

"I used $6 to buy maize seeds and used another $5 to buy fertilizers for use in my farm. I also used $50 to buy clothes for my children and another $70 to clear debts owed to me by my friends. I bought furniture worth $100 and the remaining amount was used to improve my house. I feel so happy that my house has been improved from that which is mud walled to a timber walled house. GiveDirectly has changed my life for the better."

"The challenge i am facing is poverty and lack of food.The good crops are not yielding anymore like them because the gardens have been washed away.My Wife and I are now doing casual labour for survival but even the pay is not much.I M struggling to see that I take my children back to school as the term opens.My only worry is where I will get the money to facilitate them and yet I want to see them better in school."

"I used 47.00USD and bought local rice to sell because many people in my community didn't plant rice this season and rice is in demand. Also i decided to do a business because i want when Give Directly leaves, i will still be left with something doing to earn money. I used 150.00USD to buy cement and plaster the house my late husband left with me. Because since we built the house, we couldn't afford to buy cement and plaster it."

"Give Directly is doing well, something i have never experienced since my youth. Because of Give Directly, i have changed my house from falling sticks house to brakes. I am so gratful."

"I gave 53.00 USD to my daughter for her school who is in the 8th grade class and staying with her uncle in Monrovia. Because my parents sent me to school but i refused to go. At that time, i didn't know the importance of education. Seeing my daughter who is 16 years and very serious in school, i have decided to do everything possible for her to be educated and not to end up like me, uneducated and a farmer. Because i always regret the decision that i made in the past which can't be corrected by me but only my kids. The balance money i used it to buy 2 bondles of zinc for 187.00USD. Because we are presently living in a thatched house. My husband and I have never been able to purchase zinc and build a better house. But with this opportunity of receiving unconventional cash from Give Directly, we have started building a 4 bed rooms zinc house."