"When I realized it was confirming the receipt of the first transfer, a message from GiveDirectly popped up on my phone, I was extremely excited. Even though I was alone at home, I could not stop myself from celebrating and thanking God for the provision. My children were at school at the time and had to wait until they returned home in the evening to tell me the news. Because one of my children had come in to assist with the collection, I was unable to collect the money that day and had to wait until the weekend when he was not in school and we went to a nearby shopping center together."

"When I received my first transfer I was happy because, this is my very first time to received such amount of money free from any organizations."

"My savings, combined with the remainder from the first transfer, are geared toward purchasing a plot of land in the neighborhood. I built a small house on my parents' property and plan to move it to mine once I have enough money to purchase a plot. I am glad I now have a small food business that I believe will help me save money."

"I have been tailoring for more than five years, and my machine has been slowing down my productivity in the last three months because it is old and requires frequent repairs. When I received the first transfer, I spent $200 on a new machine, which has made my job easier and satisfied my customers, who no longer have to wait too long for their work to be completed. I have also been able to increase my profit margin, which I believe will help me grow my savings. I also purchased three goats, which I am currently rearing with the intention of breeding them and selling the offspring to purchase a cow. Even though I am buying a liter of milk every day, the price of milk has continued to rise. Purchasing a cow will provide me with an additional source of income, as I will be selling excess milk. In addition, I cleared $150 in school fee arrears for my brother in college, who had been at home for more than a month trying to raise the full amount. The remainder was spent on groceries, linen, and threads for my tailoring work."

""Before I started receiving transfers from GiveDirectly, it was always my dream to built a new and bigger house for my family that everyone will have a room of their own. Presently, where we are staying is not spacious to accommodate my five children and I, we all are sleeping in a one bed room house. This had been so much embarrassing to me as a Mother. But I couldn't afford the money to built a bigger house. Happily with my transfer I have decided to change the living condition of my family by building us a new house. This is the goal that I promised to achieve by all cause through GiveDirectly financial assistance.""

""With the financial constraints my family was faced with in raising money for my children's school fees and their uniforms, as soon I cashed out my money, I used a portion of the money and firstly bought all their uniforms. Most importantly, I used the remaining money and pay their fees and happily they are all back in school today. Thanks to GiveDirectly for this life saving opportunity.""

""Before I started receiving transfers from GiveDirectly, I was always hoping for this kind of opportunity that could help me take my son for proper medical treatment. For the passed two years he has been seriously ill to the extent that he can't even talk. This had brought so much sadness and worries to me as a Mother. Therefore my goal is to used my first and second transfers to take him to Ivory coast for a better treatment.""

"I aant to omplete my house building project hopefully"

"The biggest difference is I no more worry about schooling my children"

"Givedirectly is helping us financially and making us self dependent"