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4th 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 plan to pay my children school and I plan to buy food for the house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly help me with this transfer to build my own house and send my children to school. This transfer also help me to improve my life.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought food for the house and I have also paid my children school fees.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($287 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?
I have planned to build my house that will make me to remember Givedirect assistance to me
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is really helpful to me and my family since then and I must appreciate them for the assistance given to me
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
House materials and labor payment for the house
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($297 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 name is Quoiqui Abilahn from Gbangar Town, Dowein District, Bomi Count.
I goal has remain the same for the past 20 years to built a new house for my family.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I like really like the work GIVE Directly work by helping individual family to sustain themselves in many different ways. For me I used my money for my building project, other use their money for children school fees, food etc
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my current money to buy a bundle of zinc, wheel barrow and wire nails.
My first cash transfer was use to buy two (2) bundles of zinc for my project. Presently, I have 3 bundles of zincs including other materials.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($267 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
When I received my transfer I was very happy because all through my life I haven't received money from any Organization. I decided to build a house Years ago but couldn't afford to buy building materials but give directly transfer will help me build my house. Am very grateful for this organization, may God bless Give directly.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Before Givedirectly started sending me transfer I could barely afford food for my family and I. I have been hoping to get money to build a house and send my daughter back to school, this transfer has solved all my financial problem.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm building a house with the first transfer that I received from Givedirectly.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am successful to be the recipient of this money, I will build my new house because the house I am in now has only two rooms. My big daughter in one and my wife and I in the other one. And for me, it is not good for my daughter to be on the same house with just two rooms. So I will build another house right in town here when I receive the money.
The reason I don't have different house now is because I don't have money.
Besides building house, if the money is enough I will send my daughter who is in Monrovia to school. Now she is in 12 th grade , but because of no money, she did not go to school this year.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I can't remember anything that makes us happy as a family. Things are almost difficult on us every time. So I don't really remember that we were happy during the time mentioned.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenge here is the issue of food. When we make rice farm, ground hog can eat the rice from the farm. Sometimes too the rice can't produce good yields because of the land, I think. So because of all of those, it result to food shortages in the house.
