"I bought two bundles of zinc that cost 160 USD and other building materials for the house project."

"I was home when I heard my neighbours shouting that Give Directly has sent them a transfer. Upon hearing them I was encouraged to check my phone too. As soon as I took the phone I saw the message on my phone that I have received my transfer too. However, I was happy to receive the transfer because I have never received a huge sum of money as an offer. Moreover, I wanted to build a house for my family but I never had the finance to undertake the project."

""It is a dream come true for my wife and I. Building a descent house has been our dream and GiveDirectly just brought this dream a reality. Owning a modern and descent house in Zleh Town is the biggest difference this assistance from GiveDirectly is making in my life. Before now, I didn't see this possible soon but now it is nearer than ever before"."

""I am a farmer, and this what I depend on to support my family. Proceeds from the farm doesn't accrue much money for me to provide for the needs of the family adequately. In October 2022 my called that he was about to graduate and we should send the graduation fees since we did not o help him during the school year. I was thinking about where to generate this money because I did not want to disappoint my son. While sitting, I got this message alert on my phone, when I checked, it was a mobile money alert that I have received 35625 LD from GiveDirectly. The happiness that came upon me can best the experienced than expressed. I was so happy, even as we are talking I am still happy.. The first thing that ran to my mind was to my son's graduation fees. I use the balance to setttle the other children school fees and buy their school materials. As a farmer with nothing I now understand God can surprise His children. I thank God for GiveDirectly"."

"I used $350 to buy a heifer upon receiving the second payment from GiveDirectly. This is an investment that had always been in my mind and I looked forward to the day I will have such an accumulated amount of money to be able to do this. My family of four had had to endure many years of lack of milk because as the head of the household, I could not raise enough money from my odd casual work to buy one. GiveDirectly has made me feel proud as a father of two having bought this heifer. Although it is not producing milk yet, we are all optimistic that it will soon start producing milk once it calves and change our living standards as a family. I then used the remaining amount of $200 to complete the construction of a house that I had started building using the first transfer. This money was very helpful in fixing the doors and doing the roofing. I cannot thank GiveDirectly enough now that we have a new house for our family. We have all along lived in a grass thatched house- a house that was so small and indecent for us. The things that GiveDirectly has seen me do would only have been realized in many years to come. I can now focus on other important things like paying school fees for my children without much stress."

"Even though this is just the firsr transfer, there is no much positive impact to show now, but there is little differences in my life, I am no longer sleeping on mat, I am now on mattress."

"Since I started receiving this transfer, my family life is transforming gradually. I never had mattress to lie down on, but I now have one, my children were out of school because of money, they are now in school, I never had goat to raise, but now I have one."

"We have been lied to by many other NGOs, so I was not actually believing that this could really happen. But surprisingly in the morning hour, there was a huge joyous noise, and I decided to inquire what was it. I heard the citizenry singing Givedirectly has wast it ooooo, so I hurriedly check my phone and saw my 35625LD transfer from Givedirectly, I immediately join the celebration dancing going round the town."

""The day I received my first transfer was the happiest day of my life. This is the first of this kind in my life to received such a huge amount that I did not worked for. This opportunity had brought so much relieved and joyed to us as family. For the passed years I have been struggling very hard as a farmer to built a new house for my family after our old house broke down. But every efforts without the help of any financial assistance from anyone was never enough. I am very grateful and excited to be a part this program.""

"My new goal is to start a small food outlet shop at our nearby market. This is because I had the experience of 2 years working in a small cafe. I was forced to stop this work after marriage due to lack of sufficient capital. I intend to start it so that I may have income that would support the education of my children. Currently, I am vending groceries in the village which is not that profitable to supplement my earnings from the tailoring."