"I am planning to build a house with my transfer in Monrovia."

""I'm already an oldman, so I'm more focus on securing a better future for my children. I was able to purchase a parcel of land in Monrovia few years back,so benefitting from this program, I'll use the money to build a house on that land so my children in Monrovia don't have to pay rent.""

"I have 5 children living in Buchanan with my older sister, their father died in March 2021. Though we were not together, but he was a help to his children. I got married to my current husband 2 years ago but things have been so diificult. Moreover, i am his second wife and i also need to take care of my children. Therefore, when I receive this transfer; I will change the roof of my house from thatch to zinc. Spend portion of it, on my children well being. I also want to invest into small business which will enable me to generate more money, to take care of me and my family."

"Through the transfer, I was able to buy zinc and hired people to farm for me this year. At least for the first time I have money kept for emergency purposes which I have not been able to do due to the limited amount my husband gave me. At times when emergency cases arise especially when one of the children is sick, I often have to borrow money to take that child to the hospital but now I no longer borrow money from people because I have some of my transfer kept to attend to emergency just in case it arises. I thank GiveDirectly for this opportunity. Since I received my transfer I feel relieved in my body. I no longer worry like before and I can see that my body is recovering."

""The plans that I have to do with the money, are to complete my house, buy other house materials and send my children to school. I intend to do these things because for a long time I have been unable to do these because of money"."

"I used my second transfer to buy zinc and some building materials to start my house project, I also bought clothes and food for my children during the Christmas season, I paid my three children school fees for this semester, I was able to save some of the money also"

"I felt so happy the moment I received the money from GiveDirectly. I had one of my children who had been hospitalized and had pending bills at the hospital. I used KES 40000 to pay his bills and used the remaining amount to buy food for the family."

"We were about our daily activities with my husband and at that particular time we were feeding our livestock. One of our immediate neighbours came calling the name of my husband and told him that she had received her transfer. My husband then shared the good news with me and on checking our phone, we had indeed received money from GiveDirectly. We felt so happy and for a while we were in a celebration mood. We revisited our plans and made a decision to spend the transfer almost immediately. The next day we went to the market and bought a 5000 litre water tank."

"My husband used to be the bread winner for the family but he went to a near by village to do mineral business, which he got involved in to another relationship that has driven his attention from me. For now, things are difficult to the extent I have to beg other relatives for food due to the financial problem faced with now."

"It was around 10am, I was at the farm. When I heard a message notification from my phone. When I checked it I couldn't believe my eyes. It was a message confirming that I have received KES 55,000 from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy and stop whatever I was doing at the particular time. I inform my family members and everyone celebrated with lots of joy. I went to withdrew the money the same day and plan on how to spend it well. I'm so happy because I have never received such amount of money before."