"My plan is to build a good and a nice house. I bought all required materials such as iron sheets. I will start building a house when the rainy season stops. My sleeping place was also not nice. I used MK 63 000 to buy a mattress. I also bought some blackects. I have also bought 2 bags just for a start because I will buy some maize in the next coming days. I also used the money to buy kitchen utensils such as spoons, water buckets and pots."

"I felt so good the moment I received the money because it was going to help me address the challenges I was facing especially, food and water since it hadn't been raining and buying water was just so expensive and unaffordable to me. Alternatively, we had to travel very far to find water, therefore, I was so happy and relieved when I got the money from GiveDirectly."

"Yes, I now have a new business idea to sell a Cold Water and drinks in my village, and I think it will be a successful one because no one have such business here."

"The biggest challenge that I am facing is that it is hard to access clean water with the drought that has befallen us"

"Hunger is the main problem here because despite growing maize, our harvest is low because it is so dry and hot here. Another problem is that since this house has grass for the roof, it becomes a problem during the rainy seasons as it leaks and we end up having a lot of water filled in the house."

"I used my money to buy 7 bags of Maize for food. I bought 1 bag of fertilizer, 1 goat and 4 chickens to keep in my home, 3 tins of groundnut seeds, a water dish, plates, a solar panel, a radio and clothes"

"I don't have money. We are currently facing hardship. Since my children father left me, things have been difficult. I had to leave Monrovia and come to my village to live. The spouse that I have here is a gold miner and he has to dive under water to dig gravel, bring it on shore and we wash it to get gold and sell to survive."

"Receiving this money means quality education for my children. I have two children in secondary school and raising school fees has been an uphill battle for me and my husband. My husband works as a security guard in Nairobi, Kenya, and the salary he receives monthly is KES 10,000. This small amount can not buy foodstuffs for the family and pay for school fees. I plan to set aside KES 60,000 that will help my two daughters, to complete their secondary education. I will use KES 20, 000 to buy a 3,000 liters water tank since we do not have clean water for the family consumption. For the remaining amount, I will buy furniture, Clothing, and Foodstuffs for my family."

"GiveDirectly enabled me to pay for my college fees and as a result, I have been able to complete my studies. Apart from that, they have changed the lives of the people in the community for the better. Most people have been able to do what they were never able to do due to a lack of money. They were able to build new houses, pay school fees, and buy water tanks among many. We are therefore so thankful to GiveDirectly for everything. We urge them to continue with the good work that they are doing."

"I used my first transfer to buy a water pump machine that helps me pump water on my farm so that it can make my farming process much easier. I also bought some chemicals that kill inserts on my farm so that I can have a better harvest by next year. I paid my son school fees with some of the money and I bought food for my family. The remaining amount was added to my wife business so that it can improve."