""Because I have long desired to have my own house, I put the money in the saving club. Upon receiving all my transfer from GiveDirectly, I will put all together, start and complete my house"."

""This money had made a lot of difference. We have paid our children school fees and we are now preparing to start our new house. We were not thinking about this right now due to the hardship. GiveDirectly your too much"."

""I was here in town when GiveDirectly money came to my phone. Before my message other people in this town were rejoicing because of the GiveDirectly money. While sweeping my message came, I called my daughter to check because I can't read or write. When my daughter told me that it was my GiveDirectly money, I started dancing and praising God. I am happy because as a widow and an old woman, I can't do any hard work now. The first thing that came to my mind was to plaster my house and send money to my daughter in Monrovia for school."

"I used my recent transfer to invest into agriculture, this is what I have been doing. I am in to vegetables crops farming like Tomotoes, Bitterboy, pepper and okara."

""With the financial constraints I was faced with in raising money for my Sister and I school fees, the moment I received my transfer, I immediately cashed it out took the amount needed to cover our first semester fees and paid it to the school. Additionally the remaining money was used to buy our school materials such as books, back bags, shoes and uniforms. We are so happy to be in school today with the help of GiveDirectly financial assistance.""

"RE " I was sitting at my house during the morning hours with my phone in my hand when i heard my message sound. So i reluctantly check the message and surprisingly it was my givedirectly money. When i saw the money i was very happy "."

"RE " On a normal morning, my wife and i was pounding rice when I heard my phone ring with text message so i took the phone and open the message and took it to my neighbor to read it to me, that was how i knew my money has come. When i was told it was my givedirectly money that has come, i was very happy and jump up with happiness "."

"Boosting my grocery business is the goal that I have in the coming year. I intend to boost the capital for the business. Achieving this goal will ensure more profit that will lower the burden of providing for the family. Furthermore, the long-term goal is to purchase a piece of land in the village where we would make our home. At the moment, the place we are living is very small and communally owned. This will enable us to have a place we call ours and the kids will be proud of it."

"I was very happy that morning when I received an sms alert from Give Directly telling me that I have getting money, with this money I'm my family's will now build our personal house in this town, after receiving this transfer my thought was to build I'm my family's a house."

"I have a family of two members and I have been to marriage for only nine months now. I am a housewife and my husband works as a casual worker with an income of $120 per month. We are expecting a baby for three months to come. That income changes depending on how much work he got in a month. As an expectant woman, I need to feed well every day but that is not the case. Two days ago, I had a cup of porridge and spent the whole day without food. I feel dizziness nowadays due to a lack of enough blood. This is caused by a lack of food. This is the challenge I am facing ."