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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($235 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Good health and the renovation of my house are my focus outlined to be accomplish in the soonest possible time with the help of the transfer received from Givedirectly. With the accomplishment of such goals, I will be very happy to live happily without any stress or worries about rain anymore.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion Givedirectly is doing extremely well. I love their approach in selecting recipients for the program which is very transparency.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My most recent transfer was used to purchase zinc and I intend to change the roof of my house including some major renovation and the payment of workmanship which is one of the key priorities. I will later used the balance to seek medication because I have not been doing well of recent and the money came right in time.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($239 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I hope to start up a soap business to enable me generate money to help my family.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give-directly did well by making me to watch movies and sleep under current.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spend my recent money on buying mattresses and I pay my son last school fees.I also bought solar panel for my house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($232 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
When I received my first transfer I was feeling happy because this money help to register my son. I must admit that this money came the right time.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life is that, I have not been sleeping under current but with the help of GiveDirectly I bought solar Pannier to be getting current at night.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my recent transfer to register my son in school and pay some of his tuition.
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am qualify for this program and I received any money from Givedirectly I am going to plaster my house and support my children in school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months I have been happy because my children were going for football game in Gozahn and they had a serious motor accident but God been my their side they survival the accident so that makes me happy, and also this great help that Givedirectly is about to do for my family and I that had brought so much happiness to me also.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My current challenge right now is money problem, I am a teacher but now I am not really on Government payroll so no money to pay my children school fees who are in higher classes so that's my challenge.
