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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
297300 MWK ($364 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 had goals of building my family a house and I was not able to do so cause of lack of money. After receiving the money I have managed to build a house for my family although I have not finish it completely.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly does well almost on everything, my life has improved in a way I never thought of.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought land where I have built a house for my family. The past months I was living in a rented house but when I received the money I managed to build a house for my family.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
We have received the programme whole heartedly and our whole family is very grateful for this awesome programme,the money means alot because it will help us to find our own house since we live in a rented house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is during noon hours because thats when we mostly find food and have our first meal of the day,basically food makes our children happy and this happiness is contagious.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship we constantly face in our family is sickness,my wife fell sick almost every 2 weeks and this pulls us back interms of business,I'm a brick layer and whenever my wife is sick I have to stay back home and do all the household chores and taking care of the children instead of going to work.
A side my wife being sick as one of the struggle we are facing we also have no shelter we have been living in a rented house for 5 years and we thinking of building our own house,we really appreciate this initiative because we can see our dreams completely coming true.
