Firstly I'm so thankful to GiveDirectly for making my dream come to passed. My plan was to build my own house in my village,but I never had money to accomplish my plan. I am a farmer and my income was very. Before than I will have to farm the whole day without eating anything, to even get money to paid my children school fees and provide good food for them used to be very difficult for me. But with the help of givedirectly my life has changed for the better. I'm now building my dream house in my village.

GiveDirectly has done very well in my life and that of our village, givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses, givedirectly has empower our entire village with financial support, givedirectly has done so many good things for us we appreciate. So there's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well.

When I received my last transfer I was able to paid my children school fees, I bought additional building materials to complete my house, and I also paid the workmanship.

I am living in my own house but the house size is much smaller for my family. I have developed a new goal. My new goal is to build another house with the cash transfer from Givedirectly.With my condition now, I am grateful that I have my own money to build another house.Thanks to Givedirectly for making my life better.

I am very happy and grateful for the grant from Givedirectly .Thank God that I successed because my living condition was bad and I could not support my family regularly.All Givedirectly did and still doing is going well.

I used my recent transfer to start a new business to sustain my family after Givedirectly shall have left my community. I think God that I can now handle my own money and the profit i generate per day helps with our daily meals.

Yes, I have a new goals that I want to achieve. Before receiving transfer from GiveDirectly, Ridding motorcycle was my only means of getting my livelihood. I was ridding on a contract basis (work and paid) reporting 1500LD daily. At times I covered Long distances (10 to 15 km daily) inorder to meet my target. The motorcycle that I was ridding was not mine, It was purchased at a price of $930USD with a interest of $320 united states dollars that I supposed to paid in the period of six months inorder for me to own the bike. However, with the help of GiveDirecly financial support, I was able to start my personal business, which I'm currently managing. With this, My dream of giving my kids a better education will be achieved, Also the issue of financial difficulties will be minimize, Because I have a stable income.

I think GiveDirectly is doing well in giving financial assistance to the most needy person, and GiveDirectly help people fairly with out favoring a particular group of people. I don't know some of the things that Givedirectly is not doing well.

I haven't cashed out my most recent transferred, But I plan to used portion of my second transfer to pay my kids tuition and also used the remaining portions to add up my business which I set-up from my first payment.

I was so excited when I saw the Mobile Money message from Lonestar. Initially I didn't think that it was GiveDirectly transfer. I thought it was a normal Lonestar Cell MTN message. But than, I heard a very heavy noise of my neighbors in the village jubilating about GiveDirectly money. I join the celebration after checking and seeing my transfer amount. Back than, I struggled to find my children School fees. I have two of my kids in Monrovia living with a relative who is helping to send my children to school. Due to hardship also, the person couldn't afford to pay their school fees. One of the kids is in 9th grade and the other in 10th grade. Each of them had LRD $ 5,500 to pay for just Registration. My wife and I have always wanted to give our children a better education for their future. We've also had the strong desire to buy a Land in Monrovia, build a house, leave this village and better our lives and the lives of our kids. Then, GiveDirectly change that narrative. I was able to pay all of my children school fees including the ones in Monrovia. My wife and I were also able to save some of our transfer towards buying a Land in Monrovia.This is a Joy I can't just explain.

"I struggled! I couldn't get good meal for my family. I also couldn't pay my children school fees. I felt hopeless. But all that have changed. I was able to pay my children school fees, buy their school materials and buy enough food for the home from my first transfer. Moreover, I am saving some of the money to buy a Land for my family in Monrovia. I want to relocate to Monrovia to better the lives of my children. I believe there will be bigger opportunities for all of my kids to study at better schools and have a better education. This is the biggest difference in my daily life".

I had lost hope of taking care of my children education. I thought our dream of giving our kids better education for the future and wanting to better our lives by buying a Land and building a house in Monrovia had been shattered because of the hardship. We couldn't get good meal to eat a day. Thanks to GiveDirectly that dream has turned to reality. I was able to paid my children school fees and saved some money to buy my land in Monrovia. I also bought some food for the home. This is how I spend my transfer.