"I thank immensely Givedirectly for the donation, I was able to improve my standards of living and now I am able to buy food for my family."

"My life is becoming better and I am able to take care of my family by buying them food and other home necessities."

"I am living my life at the fullest I am able take care of my family because of the money , we can take full meals in a day ."

"I was home sitting with my family and I heard a notification message of receiving the money.I felt so much joy and happiness in my heart.It came as a solution to my problems."

"I bought livestocks a big pig and goats because I want to rear them that was my plan."

"I'm a polygamist who lives with my two beautiful wives in the same house along with our children. They both have 5 children each. As a polygamist, life has been difficult for me in teams of providing for the entire family. I had to produce farm for each of my wives equally and support them as well. The house we were in before couldn't commodity everyone. Givedirectly transfer enables me to build two decent houses for each of my beautiful wives. The remaining money I bought solar lights with other furniture to beautify our homes. I'm grateful to God almighty for the joy in my family."

"l dropped out of school at a younger age when my parents didn't have money to pay my tuition. We started to produce coal to sell in our neighbourhood before we had food to eat. At the same time, producing crops for sustainability, but we couldn't raise money to continue my schooling. All my dreams and hopes ended just like down the drain.I began to have my own family and relocated to my village where I'm currently living. Givedirectly help brought smiles to my family's faces. I intend to send my children to the city to further their education with the funds I received."

"Most of the money was spent on renovating our house because when there was rain, the roof was so damaged that we didn't have a corner to stand on we had to go to our neighbors."

"I was at my neighbor's house when I got the message notification that I have received money through mobile money . I felt so much joy in my heart. The first thing that came to my mind is that my life is going to change positively."

"I want to expand my farm to five aces of land in the near future. I love working hard because it pays a lot. So I'm looking forward to producing more cocoa in order to become the most successful business person in my town. I would like hire more on my farm to help reduce some hardships for them."