"When I received my transfer, I was able to buy 20 begs of cement and iron sheets to completed my house. And I also registered and paid my 2 children school fees. The rest of my money, I was able to buy enough foodstuff for my family"

"Considering the difficulties of life. We have planned to purchase a bike for business purpose and use some to pay our children's tuition. We have bought enough food for the home."

"My main goal was to build house, but I never had the money to build. I was glad to have received transfer from Givedirectly which has help me to purchase my building materials. I have also plan to start a business when my bhilding is completed which is my new goal."

"I have decided to start a new business in addition to my previous goal of building a new house before receiving the money. My whole desire was to have a perfect home where my family and I will life comfortably, but I also thought on doing business as a source of sustainable income for my family."

"We are from Nimba County and we came here to hustle for money to improve our lives. People are not really buying like before, my spouse too is not getting money like before because the goldmine he's working on is not really producing minerals like before. Therefore, we are really challenged in meeting our needs as a family."

"It was around 6 in the evening when I was at my friend's compound when I heard my phone ringing continuously. Luckily my grandson had just arrived from school and asked him to check for me where the messages were coming from. Upon checking he realized that it was an Mpesa message from Segovia Technology. I had finally received the cash that I had been waiting for. I was so happy and thankful for the financial breakthrough. I was certain that I would purchase the livestock."

""In 2010, I left school and returned from Monrovia with the hope of working and making more money on the newly open Gold camp in this village. Things didn't go as planned, the Gold camp is gradually closing up and life is becoming more difficult. When I received this money from GiveDirectly I will used it to build my house, send my children to school start my business. ""

"When I get the money I will build my family house and pay my children schools fees. Because we been thinking about building my family house that will be a better place for us to live with all of our children."

""For over five years I have lived in my grandmother house and that means not having total freedom even though I have my own family. When I received this money from GiveDirectly, I will used it to complete my house project that I'm already caring on so I can have a place of my own. I will then invest the rest of the money into business. Completing my house project and starting business will help me to live a happy and stable life.""

""The challenges are food and other wearing including your health, because there's poor road condition within the community"."