"Since our first transfer, a lot has changed in my family, affecting my daily life and the lives of my children. Even though I had a lot of things to do that would have raised our living standards, buying new bedding has made the biggest difference in my daily life so far. My eight children are currently sleeping on good bedding, and they are always grateful for the help we received."

"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."

""In the coming year and even beyond I hope that I will accomplish my goal of building a new house for my family. I am very optimistic that before the end of this program in my community my dream will become a reality. For this reason, I have started buying some building materials such as zinc and roofing nail. Additionally I am also planning to start a little business using some of the money. With that it will be a source of income that will continue to support my family.""

""For the passed years, our livelihood as family had solely been depended on cutting palm and selling the nuts. With this living condition and having many children, things had not been easy with my family. Most especially raising school fees for all of them had been very challenging for us. However with my transfers from GiveDirectly, I have decided that most of the money will be spend on my children's school fees because this had been one of the challenging issues for me. This bring me great Joy each and everyday since I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly.""

""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 have plans to build new house,so upon getting my second transfer I decided building a new house"

"I spent most of my transfer on buying Zinc and paying my children's tuition"

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