""I was in the town and people were dancing that they have received money from GiveDirectly. I was thinking what was happening mine has not come. I left from the crowd feeling bad that mine transfer has not come. While on my way home, I got a message alert on my phone. I thought it was Lonestar MTN with some of their regular message. I said to myself "Lonestar do try me oooooo". When I checked it was a gift of 35625LD from GiveDirectly. I was so happy that immediately I got hime I called my wife who is visiting her parents s soon as I vot the money I said this money is for my family. She told me to withdraw the money because we are hearing rumours that when you keep the money in the phone for long GiveDirectly will withdraw it from the phone. I depend on fishing and I am just returning from the river bank. My wife and I decided to pay our children's school fees and save the balance money to improve our house"."

"I am.not educated so I don't have any source of income. For this reason, the lack of finance remains my major hardship. I only substain on fishing and farming. I am greatful to the GiveDirectly family for thinking about us. It's through GiveDirectly pur lives and our community will change positively."

"I will purchase 3 dozens of zinc, pay for 3500 dirt bricks and other materials for the construction of a three bedroom house and invest into my cocoa farm if I received the cash transfer from GiveDirectly. I am a soncondary school dropped-out and a fisherman. Only fishing activity and substance farming I do to substain my family. In order to have a decent dwelling place as a result of GiveDirectly intervention , I will use $ 100,000 to gather all the needed materials for the construction projects while I use the balance $ 50,000 to improve my cocoa plantation."

"Over the last three months, I have used all my entire transfer to improve my food selling business. Before I started receiving funds from GiveDirectly, I used to earn a living through fishing. The rivers in which I have been doing the fishing have since dried up following prolonged droughts and I was forced to think of other ways of earning a living. GiveDirectly funds have been very instrumental in seeing me start up the food store. I have managed to channel all the $90 received over the last three months into this business. I am so happy that the business has gradually improved. Right now, I make up to $8 per day as profit and this has made life for us as a family quite enjoyable. I buy and sell dried up foodstuffs like cereals in a nearby centre. I am looking forward to making the business even better and raising the standards of living for my family. I am a father of three children with one of them already in school and two joining school soon. My desire and hope is to see my children go through school without so much problems like lack of school fees."

"To support my family (wife and three grandchildren), I rely on fishing as a source of income. Because I go fishing every two days, the money I get from this practice is barely enough to cover all basic expenses like food and school tuition for my children. I decided to start keeping cattle to complement my income and afford all household expenses.  These animals will grow and increase in value in the future, providing sufficient income for family demands when I sell them. That is why I utilized the full amount to purchase two goats to start my rearing venture."

"My goal has always been to have a canoe and a fishing net to begin my fishing work. The town that I live in is closer to the Cestos river. But I have not been able to buy a canoe and a fishing net due to the lack of finance. I have been doing farming work to feed my family. The proceeds generated from the farm have not been able to buy me a canoe and a fishing net. I am very grateful to GiveDirectly for this helped. It has enable me get a fishing net to begin my fishing business."

"RE: Before the coming of givedirectly i was serving as helper to someone on their cannon fishing. I always wished to own a motorbike to start a transport business one day and construct my own house in Cestos city but i could not afford. With the help of givedirectly, i now own a fairly use bike and i am on my house construction process as well."

"RE: I am a fisherman, my household and i survive from the fishing that i do but life wasn't still easy. With givedirectly cash transfer i decided to build a house in cestos, because it is the capital and i feel uncomfortable when i visit or come there for some reason and start looking for place to sleep."

"Before receiving my recent transfer, I always had the dream of building a new house in the city for my children. But I couldn't afford the money because my hold livelihood depended solely on local fishing activities to feed my family. Since I started building a house three years ago. I couldn't finished the project due to lack of money. Happily with my transfer from GiveDirectly I had decided to complete the project. Therefore I used a portion of the money and bought additional two bundles of zinc. Furthermore I used some of the money to pay my children's school fees."

"I am renting in a family house which is not satisfying to me. My goal is build a house for myself.My husband is riding motor bike at the same he sometimes go fishing for us to feed. I also want to set up a business that will help to increase our money."