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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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I plan to plaster my house, plan to buy mattress, plan to pay my children school fees and I also plan to buy food for the house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Paying my children school fees, buying mattress for my room, buying food and buying cement to plaster my house are all good things that give directly did for me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought mattress for my room, I bought food for the house, I have paid my children school fees and I also bought cement to plaster my house.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($281 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 am Betty Paul from Lonoe town, Bomi County Liberia. I planned to renovate my house, buy mattress and pay my children school fees before receiving my second cash transfer from Givedrectly.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedrectly promise to transfer money to my mobile account in four installment and they are committed to transferring the money on time. I haven't notice anything that Givedrectly has not done well. I am so happy and want to extend thanks and appreciation to Givedrectly for helping me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Upon receiving my transfer, I bought five bags of cement, Mattress, food and pay workmanship for plastering of my house.
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?
The moment I received my transfer I was happy. Since I was born I've never received that amount From anybody
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Since I received my transfer my life has changed, I used lay down on the floor, my house was breaking down, but I'm so happy GD came right in time.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on my children's school fees and house furniture
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"What I plan to do with my cash transfer is, to invest into fish business, I and my husband can make small small farms, but when we harvest the produce we can carry it to the market ground for sale; the money we can generate from the selling of these produce are only enough for food, there is no other jobs to do to earn us much cash to help start my fish business. Fish business can really sell in this area, doing it will help empower me financially to sustain my family."
What is the happiest part of your day?
"What brought me happiness in the last six months is, one of my daughters gave birth safely by the help of God, others went through what she had gone through but didn't come up successfully, but God brought her through, this brought me unspeakable job."
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"The challenges I'm currently facing are, 'One', there is no good job to do to sustain the family, what we live on is just the little money we get from the sold produce, 'Two', I want to start a fish business but there is no finance to help me start, all our struggles can only go into the pot for eating, because the produce we generate from the little farms can not earn us much."
