"I have really been observing the workings of this GiveDirectly people. There has been nothing that I have seen bad since the coming of this NGO. The coming of GiveDirectly has put smiles on the faces of people like us that had no means of reaching our dreams and goals. I am very happy for this because I am being helped by GiveDirectly to brighten up the future of my children. GiveDirectly is the best NGO I have ever seen in Liberia."

"My plan for the money support my 3 children in school. I believe sending the children to school, they could in return look after me. I'll will be investing in them to benefit tomorrow. I don't have my own money and with the help of this money from Give Directly, I can sent my children to school. I just started helping my father to plant Cocao and it has not started producing. The children will help take care of me tomorrow if am old when they're are educated. I also want to build my own house. I live in my parents house for the past years, and that isn't good for me. We are many, and one day the others could come and want to claim ownership. Having my own house will make me free, as well as my children."

"I am with a child now. Living with my mother still is not going to be helpful for her because of the too much stress it is going to cause her. Even though we been living together, but I am having a family and my husband is also around. Life has not been easy for him which have a great effect on us as his family especially with a child . Therefore; for this reason I have decided if my transfer comes, I will have to build myself a new house for me and my family and also improve my business to a larger business to help me if my hands goes down financially. I have planned to buy zinc and pay people to start cutting the sticks to start my project and also go back to school to build myself a brighter and better future."

"I was just sitting down when my message came but I didn't know that because I am not educated. Due to the rumours of the GiveDirectly cash transfer news, I was concerned about checking the message out so I asked someone to help and read it to me. I am a old lady, throughout my whole life I have been struggling to make a living. I have been living in a one bed room that is leaking so badly. I have never had such amount of money before since I was born. I am glad and happy to have this money because I am going to renovate and extend my one bed room house house to a bigger one."

"The transfer has brought a very big difference in my life and that of my family. I will no longer have to borrow loans and stress on repaying them because I was able to acquire the land that I have always wanted with this transfer that GiveDirectly gifted us with."

"My plan is to send my first son to school. I decided this because it's one the ways I can benefit from him in the future. If he graduates tomorrow he will be able to help us. Though I'm making charcoal to sell so as to send my child to school but it's not enough to do that. With the money I believe i will be able to do that. * Another thing is to build my house. I'm living in my uncle house, and I need my own place. My family family is increasing, and pretty soon I will have need additional rooms. With my own house I'll be able to have somewhere for my kids to live on there own if even am not around."

"I bought sticks,zinc, and zinc nails to start my house project soon. I'm also going to buy a mattress to be sleeping on. My baby and I have been sleeping on the floor since I gave birth to him due to financial difficulties. Since my partner left me during my pregnancy, things have been tough on me. I also want to start a new business to be able to empower myself and to take good care of my child. This is why i feel so excited about been on this program. It's a great lifw changing opportunity for me."

"My desire of purchasing one lot of land to build my house coupled with my dream of establishing a fish business in Cestos has always been my primary aim. Therefore, when I collect my second transfer, I will spend portion of the money on purchasing one lot of land in Cestos to build my house. I will also use the remaining portion of my transfer to establish my fish business. This new fish business that would be established from GiveDirectly money transfer will create an additional source of income for me and my household."

"My house is in a deplorable condition and needs to be renovated urgently. I'm also struggling to take care of my grand children but due to very low income, I'm unable to cater to their daily needs. Suddenly, while I was at home during the morning hours, I received my transfer from GiveDirectly. I was very pleased at that moment. I knew this transfer would financially equipped me to take care of my grand children. I knew this transfer would help me pay their school fees and I could use portion of the money to fix my house. I feel so amazed!"

"Receiving a confirmation message of the first transfer from GiveDirectly was the happiest moment for me. This was an assurance of the initiation of all the projects we had been planning since I was enrolled in the program. We had made plans earlier to avoid the rush decisions once the transfer is in. My husband was out to his usual work when I received this news and had to forward the message I had received to him. He responded by calling back and promised to be home earlier as we needed to make our final adjustments on the budget before withdrawing the whole amount."