""The major challenge I am facing now is the roof of the house which has leakages. Because the house has a thatched roof, it leaks whenever rain falls, which makes it difficult for my family and I to sleep at night. Therefore, I need money to build my own house with metal sheet"."

""The major challenge I am currently facing is lack of finance. My former husband and I had a farm which was helping us greatly, but due to some misunderstanding, we separated in 2019. Since then things has been very difficult for I and my children because I am not working and he is not supporting the children"."

""The challenge I am currently facing is lack of finance. I am the principle of the vohnleh Town Public School, but I am not pay on time, for that reason I don't have money to pay my children school fees and cater to my household needs"."

"GiveDirectly has transformed many lives including mine in several different ways. For instance, I am able to send my children to school through their financial assistance. I am also able to roof my house with zinc. Moreover, with GD transfer, I have set up a new business that is providing an additional source of income. GiveDirectly is indeed a huge blessing to me and my family."

"I was with great happiness when I received the first transfer from GiveDirectly. With the struggles we had been undergoing on raising school fees from the few liters of milk from my dairy cow that would sometimes dry up, receiving such a lump sum of money was a great support to me. we had been. I was with my husband when I received the message and after confirming, we had to plan on withdrawing since we needed to pay the school fees for our three children currently in different colleges."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I received the first transfer is the renovation and the extension of my house. It is now decent, easy to clean, and so spacious that it can accommodate all the seven members of my family and with an extra free space at the veranda that serves my tailoring business."

"I am planning to spend my most recent transfer to buy 4 packs of assorted zinc nails to roof my house. I have already purchased three budles of zinc from my past transfer and will definitely hire two contractors to start building my house. Secondly, my son is expected to graduate from high school in Monrovia . I am going to spend some of my transfer to pay my son graduation fees and organize small graduation party for him. I am grateful to Givedirectly for the cash support .I believe that with my transfer , my dream to live a successful life will soon come to pass."

"I am planning to spend my most recent transfer to buy one tin of gasoline to use it in generator for sawing of my planks and buy one cartoon of 35kg assorted zinc nails for my house roofing . I am going to spend my balance transfer to pay two contractors to start molding 1000 pieces of dirt bricks for the house . I am grateful to Givedirectly for the cash support. I believe that with my transfer, I am going to own a decent dirt bricks house in this Village."

"I spent most of the transfer which was KES 20000 on paying for my son's college fees because I want him to gain the skills that will be useful to him in the future, which will by extension also benefit me because I know that he won't forget about me. I also spent KES 10500 on adding stock to my fuel selling business because it is my regular source of income which helps me meet my family's immediate needs and I consider it a venture that will lead me to future success and life of financial stability. All thanks to GiveDirectly"

"I believe that GiveDirectly is doing everything right according to me, I got the assistance that I needed. I was able to settle my children's school fees arrears which makes me so grateful. I don't think that there's anything that GiveDirectly doesn't do well or right, we are grateful for assistance we received as it actually elevated our standards of living."