"The challenge I'm faced with currently is my children school fees. Since my children father died from diarrhoea during the war(1992), things have not been easy. I have four kids who are presently in Monrovia with my mom going to school. I have to credit and sell inorder to pay their school fees."

"The biggest difference in my daily life after receiving the first transfer is having my children settled in school. They had been facing a lot of challenges especially during the examination period as their schools have been strict on clearing school fees before sitting for any paper. I am grateful and at peace now that they can't be sent out of their classes for the whole term."

"I am a single mother of four who depends on casual farm jobs to get money. This kind of jobs are seasonal and I find myself struggling a lot to make ends meet. Receiving this money will help me settle the basic needs for my children and educate them as well. I will be setting aside money for food every month. For school fees, I am required to pay KES 1500 every month and as my children progress to higher grades, this amount increases. I also plan to start a poultry project which I will be expanding with time. This will serve as a backup source of income whenever I need more cash."

"My son's future was uncertain due to lack of school fees, exacerbated by poverty. Every time he was sent back because of outstanding school fees balances and was facing expulsion. I did not know what to do since i have no reliable source of income. Now i am at peace with transfer from givedirectly as i have paid school fees for my son and also bought him all required resources"

"I have seen the greatness of God. My children could have failed to go further with their education. I have paid their secondary school fees using the transfer. I didn't have a nice sleeping and now I have a mattress and blackects."

"Besides being old and sickly, I often go without meals. I rely on my lastborn son who works as a casual laborer in town. He has a family of seven. Most of the cash he sends is usually channeled to pay school fees. Breakfast is not a norm. The lack of enough and nutritious food has contributed a lot to my sickly life."

"Being a shopkeeper, I invested KES 20,000 in my small shop business, it was struggling and about to collapse due to lack of enough capital. Currently, the profit has raised from the normal 400 to 1000 per day. With this income, I can cater to the needs of my family without much struggle. I also spent KES 14,000 to purchase 4 goats at KES 3,500 this is a future investment for the family. With 5 children currently in lower primary school, I will use them to support their studies once they join secondary school. Furthermore, I spent KES 5000 to clear the existing fee arrears of my children. They were constantly sent home due to school fees, presently, they focus on their studies because they are no longer send home because of fees issues. In addition, I bought proper beddings for the children they were sleeping using sacks that were not comfortable. The remaining amount assist me on purchasing enough food for the family."

"After receiving the first transfer, I spent KES19000 on obtaining a water tank to help reduce the frequent visits I had been making to and from the river. This had been useful in the collection of rainwater from the roof both for our home use and also for the livestock. I also spent KES20000 on obtaining a heifer to add to the other lactating cow I had been having. I am hoping to soon increase milk production that has been of great help in sorting most household bills whenever sold. With the remaining KES 15000, I paid school fees for my lastborn son who is currently in college. Together with the two of us, we are currently a family of three, and we are working hard to ensure that he gets enough resources to complete his college studies."

"The biggest difference in my daily life after receiving the first transfer is the clearance of my three children's school fees. I had been struggling to meet all the household financial needs and on receiving this transfer, I was grateful that I am finally finding an easy time clearing their school fees so that I can concentrate on other projects."

"I am a business woman selling bonney to send my children to school , because my and husband and I are on separation, things are very difficult now. If I am qualify to receive cash from Givedirectly, my plan is to add up my business, by selling bonney and other good fish that will give me more profit . The capitol I have in the business now is very small and can not feed my children and pay their school fees."