"I previously had a house, but it collapsed and due to the financial challenges, I had never brought it up. My goal for the coming year is to build a permanent house and so far I have started buying iron sheets with the transfers that I received and still planning to use my future transfers to put other materials in place."

"It had always been my wish to get from the level I am to a greater level in life. I want to have a cattle-rearing project and to achieve this, I would start by buying goats and chicken, keep them for some time and later sell and buy cattle. I believe that the project would be of help in terms of milk production and farming."

"In the next one year, I would want to have my own business, I want to start a greengrocery business believing that the income would be of help in terms of catering for my family’s needs. I also want to start livestock rearing project and when the program comes to an end, I shall have done something constructive with the transfers to keep me going."

"In the coming years, I hope to construct a decent, spacious house for my children. Currently, they are sleeping at their uncle's house, which I feel is not right since he has his own family as well. Therefore, I believe that once I get sufficient cash, I will purchase the materials and put up one. This will grant them privacy, and their dignity will also be restored. "

"I do not have any decent clothes to wear at home or amongst people. Most of my clothes are torn up, thus makes me look funny during our community women's meeting or even at my church. My clothes are so old; they are in the form of rags and for this reason, I decided to use 10 thousand Liberian Dollars to purchase few good clothes for myself (8 pieces of wrapper, 4 blouses, 4 pairs of slippers and one dozenof underwear). I now look like a human being amongst my friends and I feel encouraged and happy attending meetings, as well as services too. I also used 15 thousand Liberian Dollars to purchase food items which includes 2 bags of 25kg rice, one gallon of oil, and assorted seasonings. The rest of my money was kept to be added up from incoming transfers to plaster my house."

"RE " In my opinion, givedirectly is doing well because they are helping us to build our houses and lifes here"."

"RE In my opinion, givedirectly is doing well. My children was not in school, but because of givedirectly, i have all my children enrolled in school today. But, i want ask givedirectly to kindly add the transfer amount up by 500USD"."

"RE " In my opinion, givedirectly is doing very well and am pleased. But I think what givedirectly is doing that is not good is their law of not excepting gifts from us, for me it doesn't look good that you can only do good for me and i can not do good for you. But besides that, Givedirectly is doing more than well here "."

"Life was difficult prior to receiving the first transfer, but I am grateful that a lot has happened in the last three months, which I attribute to GiveDirectly's generous support. My son would have dropped out of school and my livestock would have died if I had not been able to spend the money however I saw fit. I am glad the process went smoothly and fairly for everyone, and we got the same amount of money we spent without any strings attached. The officers have always been concerned and conduct a monthly visit, clarifying all questions we ask with great humility."

"I still hope to transform a lot in the coming year to match the newly constructed permanent house. Despite the fact that there has been a devastating drought on rocky land marked by shrubs and herbs whenever it rains, I want to reclaim part of the compound for a kitchen garden by bringing in fertile soil, fencing around the parcel, and connecting water from the two tanks I purchased to irrigate the garden. The perimeter fence is a priority to keep stray livestock out of the garden, as is a strong lockable gate to improve security and reduce free entry into our compound. The kitchen garden project will reduce the cost of grocery shopping at the shopping center, and surplus produce will be sold to help pay school fees for the five children spread across different academic levels."