""Since our plan is to build ourselves and children a better living place (house), I have used part of my transfer to buy a bundle of zinc, nails, made some commitment toward my children education. It is my plan that when I successfully complete my house. I will be one of the most grateful recipients of Givedirectly support in this town (Towah Town) and even within this statutory district GiveDirectly is presenting rending support to households"."

"I do small business of delivering items to the clients. Mostly I hire motorcycle which is quite expensive by the end of the day. I used the whole of the transfers of 51,350 to buy a motorcycle for the deliveries.Since I bought the motorcycle, I can now reach a higher number of my clients and this has increased the profits yield from the business."

"In my opinion, what GiveDirectly does well in this program is that we receive the transfers in lumpsum amounts. This helps in planning as one is in a position to do something huge as compared to when the transfers are given in small instalments. Another thing that GiveDirectly does well is that the unlearned recipients are taught how to use mpesa. This has reduced the number of theft cases in the community as most of us managed to change our pins to a more secure code. What needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household to avoid household conflict. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents. Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs."

"I was lying in bed and I heard people yelling that GD has done it again. So I went to the next house and ask a boy to check my phone. The moment he confirmed that the money was on my phone, I got on bike and ran to Zwedru for my money. I was so happy because others got their money and I was a bit worried. I'm a widow, taking care of my grand children. I don't have any source of income. I was really hoping on this money and God answered my prayer. Many thanks to GiveDirectly for the great job"."

"" Receiving this money was so exciting because, my wife got sick and I took her to Ivory Coast for treatment. Before leaving, I credited 20,000LD for her medical bills. Therefore, I was very happy because I was thinking how to pay the money I borrowed". Moreover, I planned to complete my house with the transfer. So I also thought on it"."

""When I got the transfer, I bought 2 boundles of zinc and paid people to make dirt bricks. We have a piece of land in Zleh Town. The only problem we had was money. However, we were blessed to be a part of GD program."

"I am glad I spent $220 of my second transfer on a heifer to supplement the other two cows on my farm. I am hopeful that the additional breed will increase milk production in the future and that the sale of their offspring will help pay school fees for my three children, who will soon graduate from secondary school. In addition, I spent the remaining $300 on an initiation ceremony for my second-born son, who was going through the rite of passage. The demands on the ceremony were so great that I had to spend all of the remaining funds on a new suit for him and enough food for all of the visitors who attended. I am grateful that the event was a success and that it ended well after all of the bills for the day had been paid."

"I have two children who are in college first year pursuing education and psychology. In the coming year and beyond, I am hoping to develop a good saving plan to take care of their fees. Once they are done with their education, I will buy a female cow, which if all goes well will produce milk for consumption and sale. In addition, I will start up a small business of selling second hand clothes as this has a high demand in my community. Most of the young people living within my community cannot afford to buy expensive clothes and mostly they prefer second hand clothes, the profits will be taking care of the family basic needs like food and fees for my young girls still in Primary School."

"I used the transfers to buy a female cow for kshs 40,000. I decided to buy a female cow as it will produce milk for sale and consumption. Initially I had several cows but unfortunately they died during the drought season. After selling the milk produced, I will use the money to buy more cows as rearing livestock is what I do to earn a living. Getting regular and balanced food has been the most difficult challenge my family has been facing. I used the remaining transfers of kshs 10,000 to stock food for my family of five."

"The biggest challange I have among others is when it rains I get worried for my young children and the grand children I stay with because the flash floods are at times very heavy especially where am staying, I fear it might sweep them away, it also becomes very called which has affected the health of the little ones. The heavy floods have also affected my garden which has led to scarcity of food and poverty which has in the long run affected our income and I have failed to even pay fees for my children and also meeting other basic needs."