"My primary source of income is farming. Chickens for eggs and cereals for the family, is what I ply in. The funds from GiveDirectly allowed me to build a bigger and better house for my 7 layers and 1 cockerel. Now, hopefully, I can see their numbers rise, making me a small brood that I can use to ensure the family has a steady income. My husband is a retired teacher, while I volunteer as a midwife at Pentagon Community Volunteer. Seeing as our only immediate dependent of our 5 kids are the youngest in form 4 at Vitengeni Baptist Secondary and another in Kilifi Technical, studying medicine, we were also able to funnel some funds to getting food for the family. The remainder went towards paying for KES. 40,000 for the child doing medicine and KES. 19,000 per term for the other in high school. Lucky for us the eldest is an electrician in Mombasa, my second daughter is married and my third born is on attachment in Mombasa, so thankfully, none of them were on need of our immediate attention, leaving enough to cater for our needs. GiveDirectly has been the blessing we had been waiting for and I pray they continue to impact lives as they have ours."

"There isn't much development where I live. We're in the interior of the main land and such, businesses like minimart or whole sale stores would do well. That's what I'd like to do moving forward. Have a business of my own, sell cooking oil, flour etc and make my own money, on my own terms. Hopefully this dream will turn into a reality, soon."

"Its my life's dream to open up a mini mart. A small place where I can call my own, sell cereals such as rice, beans etc. Not only would it be a way for us to have financial independence as a household, but it would also be the start of a business that I could grow to include my children one day."

""The house that I live in currently is very old and the thatches are leaking. Building a decent house for my family has been my greatest dream, but could not afford it. With this transfer, I was able to buy materials and now I have started building a house for my family. Many thanks to GiveDirectly for changing my family story"."

""My scratch cards business was very small due to the lack of finance. With this money, I was able to buy more scratch cards to improve my business"."

""I was home when my phone rang and it was a mobile money message that I have received $35,625 LD from GiveDirectly. I was very excited to receive this amount. The first that I thought of was to buy zinc and other materials to start building a house for my family"."

""My son graduated from high school two years ago, but couldn't afford to pay his tuition at the University. With these cash transfers, I will be able to send my son to Monrovia to attend the university of Liberia"."

""I was home when my phone rang and it was a mobile money message that I have received $35,625 LD from GiveDirectly. I was so excited to receive such a huge amount. The first thing I thought about was to start my house project because the house that my family and I live in currently is very old and the thatches are leaking"."

""My children was thrown out of school due to the lack of finance. So when I withdrew my recent transfer, I used a portion of it to pay my children's balance tuition, and the remaining amount was used to buy materials to renovate my house"."

"Water comes from uphill especially during the rainy season and destroys most of our crops especially beans. It also destroys the grass that we plant for our animals to eat. After destruction of our crops, we are faced with hunger since the food we would have gotten is destroyed."