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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD
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?
No new goals yet
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly did well by sending fir we poor people to improve our lives, GD has not done anything bad
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I sent 20000LD to my two children in Monrovia for school fees and paid 500LD for my one here for his school fee and bought hus uniform
Saving 4000LD
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD
access_time almost 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have no new goals I have started building a house, is what am trying to complete.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly has been so good to me, building a house and paying children's school fees was a challenge for me but since givedirectly came to our community and give me this transfer, I have started building and I can afford to pay my children's school fees. Givingdirectly has not done any bad in our community yet that I can point to.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought two bundle of zinc and paid two children school fees.
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access_time 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I'm successful to receive this cash transfer from GiveDirectly, I will use some of the money to pay my children's tuition and use the balance to build a house.
The farm my husband and I make can not sustain the family at the same time build a house. The money we earn from the farm proceeds, we use some to buy food and use the balance to pay the children's tuition.
This house my family and I lived in is a thatch structure, it leaks when there's a heavy down pull of rain. We set dishes to the leakage areas so that our belongings can't get damaged.
I'm not satisfied with my living condition, I feel bad sitting up till day with my children waiting for the rain to stop.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months, what has brought me joy is when I recovered from my sick bed in February 2022.
It brought me so much joy because when I was ill, there was no one to look after my children and more besides my children were not in school because of tuition and I felt bad seeing my children out of school. So recovering from the sickbed brought me so much joy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I'm facing now is getting money to build a house and pay my children's tuition.
Although my husband and I make farms as means to sustain the family, the money we and from the farm proceeds, we use some to pay the children tuition and use the balance to buy food.
I got ill in June 2021, was taken to the sick bush for traditional treatment. The little money I had, was used to pay for my treatment.
My children were not in school because I couldn't afford to pay their tuition.
The house my family and I lived in is a thatch structure, it leaks so badly whenever there's a heavy down pull of rain. I set dishes to the leakage areas so that our things can't get damaged. At times I will sit up till day with my children because nowhere to lay down, everywhere leaks.
I feel so bad living this kind of life with my family.
