"I used my recent transfer to buy ten bags of cement and pay workmanship to improve my house by plastering."

"In my mind GiveDirectly is doing well for me because they are helping me with money which I can easily pay my children tuition. As for me I have not observed anything that GiveDirectly is not doing well."

"My recent transfer I am planning to buy Zinc and Nails to build new house."

"I am planning to buy land in Zwedru with my recent transfer but is not yet sufficient, so I am planning to wait for the rest of my transfer to add together to buy my Land."

"I withdraw my money and I am keeping it because my husband is not here so when he comes, we will buy Cement to plaster our house and also buy some house utensils."

"The biggest difference in my life is that, this money will help me to complete my house project that I had on hand before I started receiving money from GiveDirectly and I will also be able to pay my children school fees."

"I am a widow with five children and six grandchildren that I take care of. I live in a single room with them. I produce charcoal and sell it for a living. In a week I produce four sacks of charcoal that I sell at $4 a sack. This money helps me buy food for my family which is not always enough. Food has been a problem for my family. Most days I do not get customers which means that on that day I won't be able to buy food for my family. We sleep hungry and most days I cry my heart out at night when my children complain to me that their stomachs are in pain because of hunger. I used the second transfer to buy food and build a house for my son who recently got circumcised and on the balance, I bought four goats."

"I spent my recent transfer on business,i was able to cash 7000 of the money to buy 1 bags of 50kg Rice and other things to start a small business for myself. And i save the balance 30,000 ."

"The thrill I felt around 5:00 p.m. when I realized I had received the money was indescribable. I had a lot of plans that we had put in place a week before the transfer because we were confident that GiveDirectly would keep their promise. I could not collect the money right away because my helper was still at school. The following morning, I went about my usual business before withdrawing all of the money from a nearby shopping center and returning home to make further plans."

"I saved my two transfers of $1100 to install water at my home. The whole project was mainly to start a business and sell water to the villagers. The water business revenue has been helping me to buy my monthly medication. I have diabetes and kidney problems and each month I have to go for a check-up which costs me $100. Before the transfer I could not keep up with the medical expenses because of lack of money, so most of the time I was weak and could not work. I stayed home depending on my husband and children. My husband is a farmer and most of the time he is the primary earner in the family. The Revenue from my business has helped me buy medicine and food for my family without strain."