We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Yes. Received our transfer we had plans to build our house and send our kids to school. I also have new goals now, I been investing In our small agriculture farm, where my wife and I plant allt of this . We plant cassava, pepper, and other vegetables.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
As for me I don't see any bad thing about this organization. I was able to achieve most of my plans since this institution came on our village
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on building materials and my kids school fees
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($287 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Yes, I had plans before I received my transfer
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing everything very good
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on house furniture
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I want to buy more zinc to build my own house because I want a house for my children's future. I want more materials for my farm to improve it so that it can give me more produce.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I love the way GiveDirectly present their program to us by giving us the money directly to our mobile accounts. I also love the way GiveDirectly people talk to me when they are interviewing me. I have not noticed any wrong thing about GiveDirectly for now; to me, everything is okay.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the second transfer to buy zinc to start building my dream house; I also bought fertilizer and other materials for my farm. I paid my daughter school fees with some; I bought food for my family and the remaining I saved it for future purpose.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
My name is Gartee Konneh from Saykay town, Bomi County Liberia. I was very excited when I receive transfer money from Givedrectly because, my room was not plaster and I really wanted money to plaster my room and send my daughter to school.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
It wasn't easy to get money to paid my daughter schoo fees and plastering of my room because, I didn't have money. Givedrectly came to my village at the at right time and transfer money to my mobile account. I am now able to paid my daughter's school fees I am so happy. I am a agricullturlist. I plan crops and wait for these corps to grow just to get food for my family and my daughter's school fees. I am planning to build my own house unpon receiving all of my transfer money from Givedrectly. I am so thankful.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought three bags of cement for plastering of my room, ten yards of floor mat, one bag fertilizer and paid my daughter's school fees.
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I receive the money, I will build my house. You can see how ugly is the house I living in now. Besides building house, I will do business with some of the money depending on the amount.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am to see anything that makes me happy. Because everyday that break, I struggled with everything.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My major challenges now is providing food for my family and being out of money to enlarging my cassava and other crops farm I am making to survive on. The challenge I sometimes experience is to get better prices for my goods ( fufu, , cassava and coal). When I take it to the market, I don't get more money for it.
