"I used my transfer to buy food, building materials for the new house I intend to build and I invested the rest in a cassava farm."

"We were in our home about our daily activities. Our children are the ones who actually nformed us having been informed by others from around the village. We were all in a celebration mood knowing better that we would accomplish a lot of things that we had always yearned for."

"The biggest difference is that I am now fully independent and moving towards being more financially stable. I look forward to having better living standards with my family with the various investments that we made."

"I was cooking at my house when my phone alarmed. I quickly took my phone to my brother to help me read the massage and he told me it was a massage from Givedirectly that says i have $40375 Liberian dollar , i was astonished!Because, It was like a dream come true for me.Because, it's my first time to received such amount of money in my entire life. Am grateful to Givedirectly for the opportunity given to me with this transfer, my life is going to improve by God grace. Am so happy life has so hard for me for past years."

"I was born in Jarlaken;I got married and move here to settle with my husband, I came to this town since 1994 and settle here with my family. Living here has been a great challenge for me.The farm work is a very difficult task to do as a female, but I have to inorder to keep my family going. I am tired of the farming work and want to sell, because of my age and the strength in me is gradually declining. Even though it is from the farm we get food, but I want to really do business. Farming work don't give me enough cash to safe; so it can't do what I want to do. Another thing is that I want to complete my house that is under construction and move from in this old house. I live in this house and have given birth to all of my children; I think it's about time that I built a good house for them. These are the two most important things I have on mind that I want to do with this money."

"The challenge I have now is money. I spend more than 10 years in this house, do you think I am happy been here ? No, but such a time such a condition. I know today is a pave way to my condition been changed .I don't have enough money, so by the help of Give Directly and the little I have save over the year will help me relocate to a dry and better place."

"I have planned all my life that my first achievement is to get a purchase land of my own. The reasons are just simple. I move in this town since 2008,I started doing my mechanic work at the age of ten.I am a school dropped out because of financial constraints my parents were faced with ; I was forced to enter the mechanic shop inorder to help my Father. Years went by and today I am on my own hustling to build my family. I am a father of a girl child. I left my parents and started renting, but every thing I earned is been diverted to rent. So, I discussed with my girlfriend and we plan to purchase a land to enable us build our own house. With this; I know we will be able to save for ourselves and stopped given money to someone every month for rent. Renting is a serious financial challenge a delay of progress in one's life."

""My plan for this cash transfer when I receive it, I will pay my children school fees because at times putting them out of school really causes embarrassments for them. At times their class mates mock or bully them.""

""My little house I built since 1990 is in bad condition. So when I receive my cash transfer, I will build a three bed room house for my family.""

"The house i have now cannot accommodate my entire family. I have been planning to build a bigger and decent house that will accommodate my entire family but due to lack of finance, it has been difficult for me to do that. When i receive this transfer, i will use it to build a decent and bigger house that will accommodate my entire family. I will rent the old house out. The rental fees will be used to pay my children school fees and take care of our daily needs."