Since 2019, I have been living in my neighbour's house. My major priority has always been to have my own house. I couldn't afford to build my own until I encounter GiveDirectly through that I have bought enough materials that can build my house. My thanks and appreciation to GiveDirectly to improve my living status.

GiveDirectly have done a lot good for us. GiveDirectly is like a God to us. It make for people to respect one another. GiveDirectly have brought a lot of great changes among poor people.

The money I received from GiveDirectly was used to buy two bundles of zinc and zinc nails. I surprise my mother with $10,000 Liberian Dollars. The balance money is in saving. Some will be used to pay for a second handed motorbike to start my own business.

I had previous plans before the coming of GiveDirectly cash transfer program. I have planned to build a house but there have been no way because I had no money to do it. After the death of father few years ago, my mother left me alone in the town and went in Monrovia. Life became very difficult for. Due to this reason, I could not afford to achieve this goal alone because the money to build a house is very too much. I could not be cutting palm like the way I used to do to achieve this goal. I would do that until I get old but luckily for me, GiveDirectly came in and I was fortunately enrolled on it's program. With this great help from Givedirectly, I believe that I have seen better future because there shall be a house that have been planned for.

With frankly speaking, GiveDirectly have helped everyone of us that have had no source of major financial income to improve our lives. For this cause, I do not know anything that GiveDirectly does not do well.

With God, there is nothing that is impossible. I have never earned or even own such amount of money. With all the hard labour work that I have been doing, I have not made such money. Therefore, due to this reason, I decided to use portion of my first transfer to buy one bundle of zinc while the other portion is in saving club. For the second transfer, I have planed to buy three bags of cement with two bundles of zinc and pay the Sawyer to saw the planks for the roof of my future house.

Wow! I was at the site of my palm oil production area when I received the message. I could not understand the message so I took it to one of my friends to read it better to me. When my friend told me that it was GiveDirectly cash transfer message, I was very happy and I began to celebrate and started jumping up and down. I was happy because it was my very first time in my life to receive such amount of money. I lost my father few years ago, and My mother left me in the village and went to the city. Life became very difficult for me to go through. I came up with a plan to cut palm and make red palm oil to sustain myself and get other essential needs for myself. GiveDirectly came into our village and I was enrolled on the program and I became a beneficiary of this program. When I receive my first transfer, I became very happy because I believe that I have gain my freedom from poverty and the stress my father's death had caused me.

Living with somebody who is not a relative is not something easy in life. This is the fourth year that I am living with the old man that is helping me have a roof over my head at this grown-up age. I took the old man that I am living with as a father but he is not taking me to be his son. I am thrown out of the house almost everytime I made a mistake. I will have to sleep with my friends and begg people to begg for me to be able to go back home. I've been feeling so sad about my life conditions but I had no solution due to lack of finance. However, since I received this cash transfer from GiveDirectly, I have been feeling complete and very important amongst all my friends in my village. I feel so happy at the moment.

I'd lost my father few years ago. My mother left me in the town and went in the capital city. Life became very difficult for me to the extent that I became to do hard labour jobs in the village. I became to cut palm to make palm oil to buy some essential needs to sustain myself. Going through all these struggles, I have lost hope in life all together until GiveDirectly Came into our town. I was fortunate to be eligible on the cash transfer program of GiveDirectly when they came in my town . My first transfer came and people became to give me so many advices on what to do with my money. I was able to listen to the good advices of people telling me to buy zinc and build a house for myself to stay in. Building a house for myself to stay is the best thing to do for the future when the transfer come from GiveDirectly. I am not getting any younger and I can't keep living with people. It was very enough for me to do because I felt that I had no future due to the hardships I been through. I have bought zinc and other building materials and also cutting some sticks to start my house project. I am also waiting for my second transfer to pay people and start with the erection of the house. I am kindly grateful to GiveDirectly for what they have done for me and giving me a better future through this means.