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Mary
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
54
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Upon receiving my last transfer from GiveDirectly,I'm planning now to complete my house project. I just bought my balance zinc and cement to finish my house. I even started a business from the beginning of this program.I'm going to buy some of my business to add on my business. I also pay my children last tuition for this year. I'm also going to paid the gentlemen that going to built this my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly i really went to give thanks and appreciation to GiveDirectly for their support towards us in Rivercesse. GiveDirectly is one NGO that i really give them credit in theirs job. They don't discriminate between people in theirs program.they are very transparent in theirs work as a NGO in Liberia. I'm Very grateful to them from their level of gesture to me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm planning to complete my house so that i can improving my business now. I just bought my balance zinc and cement to finish my house. I even started a business from the beginning of this program.I'm going to buy some of my business to add on my business. I also pay my children last tuition for this year. I'm also going to paid the gentlemen that going to built this my house.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($279 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My new plans that i have for this my second transfer that I received from GiveDirectly. I'm going to be able to build a new house for my children. I will paid my children schools fees and also buy them some schools material for this year. I even bought four (4)bundles of zinc and fews bags of cement. I'm going to paid some man to help me cut some stick from the bush. I even bought few gallons of gas to saw my planks. I'm going to paid people that will build my house. I'm trying to make a rice farms,so I will paid people to brush the farms. I paid all of my children schools fees for this calender school year. They are very much happy in schools now with their friends.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my own opinion GiveDirectly has done lots of great things for me and my family. I was not able to build a new house with zinc and cement. I was not even thinking of starting a new business to help me. GiveDirectly is one NGO that i really give them credit in theirs job. GiveDirectly is very much transparent in theirs work as a NGO in Liberia. One thing I really see from GiveDirectly programs is, that they don't do discrimination with people. I was not even thinking of paying my children schools fees for this year.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My most recent transfer that I received from GiveDirectly. I'm going to be able to build a new house for my children. I will paid my children schools fees and also buy them some schools material for this year. I even bought four (4)bundles of zinc and fews bags of cement. I'm going to paid some man to help me cut some stick from the bush. I even bought few gallons of gas to saw my planks. I'm going to paid people that will build my house. I'm trying to make a rice farms,so I will paid people to brush the farms. I paid all of my children schools fees for this calender school year. They are very much happy in schools now with their friends.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($300 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?
My major goal right now is to build a new house for my children. I want to set-up a business at the same time i want to invest in agriculture as well. I started planting some coco and palm on my farm. I just want to tell Givedirectly thanks for their tireless efforts towards my family.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly has been so good for me. Through Givedirectly transfer i have earn my own property. I received money from Givedirectly without paying a cent or neither someone connected me to the program. My life is changing gradually through the help of Givedirectly my children are wearing good clothes and eating good food. I'm living a happy life.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc and materials for my house project. I used of the money to buy new 14inches mattress. I spend some on my my agricultural project.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($282 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
My children and I never had anywhere to sleep.Our house was very old until it collapsed from the heavy rainfall. When I received my transfer from GiveDirectly, I ran from my bed room early that morning and join the others who were in the town dancing and singing because they received their transfer also. I was so pleased and happy. I will use my transfer to build a new and bigger house that would serve as shelter for me and my family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Before receiving my money transfer from GiveDirectly, My family and I were homeless. My old house has collapsed. There seems to be no place for me and my family to lay our heads. Surprisingly, GiveDirectly money transfer has changed my entire situation from been homeless to becoming a house owner. This has been the biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving transfer from GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I've been pondering on how to provide shelter for me and my family after my house collapsed. Hence as soon as I received my transfer from GiveDirectly, I bought two bundles of zinc for $ 8,680 LRD. I also use portion of the money to purchase few packs of three inch nails and zinc nails for my new house. This transfer from GIVEDIRECTLY has really saved me and my family by providing us a new and decent place to stay. It's amazing how much my dreams has come close to reality. This wasn't a reality some months ago.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I'm looking for an opportunity to see how I will be self supportive so I plan to establish a small situated business. So once I get this money I will do business.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Nothing has made me really happy yet, because my plan to establish my own business hasn't been a reality.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
For now, finding money to start my business that I plan to do has been a challenge for me and my husband.