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 ($280 USD)
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?
Really, before receiving this my last transfer, I had the goal of plastering the floor and upgrading my house front porch. It is something I have long wish to do, but due to no money I could not. I work with the Fen River community clinic as vaccinator. I live in this house with my wife and three children. Improving my house has been my long time plan and this my last transfer as seriously help me.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
The money received from GiveDirectly has brought changes in my life. I did not expect to have received such an amount that I never work for. Like me, there are a lot that GD has done and is doing. For things done unwell by GD, I have not seen any and not aware of such thing.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have bought ten bags of cement to plaster my house floor, the front porch and pay for the workmanship for the improvement of my house. It has really been my plan to improve my house conditions. So I am very happy for getting on GD's program to be able to accomplish this my long goal.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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?
I am volunteer worker at my town's clinic and I've not been taking pay. After receiving my transfer from GiveDirectly,I decided to engage in business by buying solar plate to charge phones. I used my first and second transfer to renovate my entire house. My house was very deplorable. This great opportunity from GiveDirectly is a blessing for I and my family. GiveDirectly have make my dream come true.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I was never going to afford everything that I owned right now. With the help that I got from GiveDirectly ,I can boast of the properties that I have now. GiveDirectly have not done any wrong to me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spend my most recent transfer to purchased solar plate along with the battery which cost four hundred United States I also bought food and some building materials to renovate my deplorable house. I bought mattress and paid contractors. I saved 7,000 LRD from my transfer.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 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 house have been in total darkness since I built it. Due to this, my children have been founding it very difficult to study their lessons at night and it has been causing them lower grades in school. I was planning to buy a solar panel for business purposes and also for the used of current in my home. There have been no way out to achieve this plan because there is no finance.This will help my children to be able to study their lessons to make a fruitful future.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I am very very much astonish but happy for what GiveDirectly has done for me. For what I have seen for myself since the coming of GiveDirectly, there have been nothing that is not done well by GiveDirectly. I say this because I have noticed that GiveDirectly can do everything possible to reach out to every deserving households in my communities in my town and also making sure on their eligibility during the enrolment process.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Taking my family from darkness has been my priority. I have not been sleeping in a good bed also. My mattress had been very flat. I used portion of my transfer to buy solar panels 300W and it's battery and converter. I also used portion of it to buy a very big size mattress because I have slept in cold and flat bed for many years. Once my remaining transfer comes, I do other developments on my house that will beautify it more.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I feeling better and very happy ceman to improve my house and do business for me and my family future.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I long been thinking how to complete my house the process is now on going
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My house and business
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My wife is a business woman presently ,she goes out and buy fish to sell, with the cash transfer, we will use part of the money to add up my wife business. I will also buy some zinc, and change some of the zinc on my house because it has some leakages.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My greatest joy today is receiving Givedirectly in my community. I am over joyed and also surprise of the good news I am hearing from Givedirectly. Since I was born upto my old age, I have never heard of an NGO giving cash directly with no conditions attach to it. This bring me so much happiness and I feel bless.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The zinc I have over my house is leaking .This cause us to have sleepless nights during raining season. So my major challenge is lack of money.I want to change some of the zinc over my house, pay my children school fees and start a business for my wife. But with the lack of money, I can not solve all of these problems.
