"I was so happy coz it was my first time"

"I have six children schooling at Mrimani primary. The are supposed to pay $20 each every term. They have a fee balance of $180 which includes $60 arrears for last year. They have been out of school for the whole of February. This has affected their performance. I do charcoal burning which gives me $120 per month which caters to food only. The lack of money to pay school fees for my children is the challenge I am facing."

"The people think about my poverty eradication"

"To day my life very well"

"I plan on building a 3 roomed house after the rainy season so I've bought 10 bags of cement at $120. Additionally, I have bought 4 bags of maize at $30 each for food security. I have directed the rest of the money towards my tailoring business."

"We found the GD measures and criterias conducive and easy to comprehend without any challenges."

"We are peasant farmers and we rely on our farm harvests for our sustainability year in year out. Our dream has always been to have an alternative source of income, thus, any business so that if we don't harvest as expected we are able to still survive off our business. This is what we hope to accomplish in the coming year(s)."

"Moving into my own house by next year is my biggest hope. This will make me the happiest woman in this universe. I will be called a property owner like my friends who have a house. Respect will be added to me as a person."

"My mother had been very sick for more than a year; I have searched around for money to help with her bills but there have been no one to help. GiveDirectly was the only people who gave me hope to help my mother get better; I spent 20 thousand Liberian Dollars on my her treatment as soon as I received my second transfer. She is recovering little by little and I am glad because my mother is my strength. The rest of my money was used on processing planks for a new house I want to build. The place I currently stay is my grandmother's house and the pressure is too much from my family to have my own house. It is because of this I decided to build myself a small and decent home."

"In the coming year or two, I hope to complete my house project and move in it. Getting this house completed will save me a lot from stress, the stress of waking up from my sleep to attend to the rain eventhough I was living under a roof. I will find Total peace and happiness on e my house is completed."