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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?
My plan is to finish my house and gather support for my children school fees for this coming semester
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I want to say a big thank you to Givedirectly family for the assistance given to me during the four months period.
Today I owned water machine because of Givedirect assistance
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I planned to buy cement and keep the balance money for my children school fees for the semester
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($283 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 plan to do agriculture work and I also plan to buy water machine for the farm work.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is very much helpful. It was through this transfer, that now, I can paid my children school fees and do other things to improve my life.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought fertilizer and water machine for the farm work.
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?
I have new goals that I didn't have before receiving the transfer. I had no money to make Garden before receiving transfer, but receiving this transfer has caused me to get involved with agriculture activities.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing everything well. Our suffering has reduced because of this transfer. I pray that this organization continue the good work.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought fertilizer for my Garden and pay my kids school fees.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
We're more than happy because this is the money that we didn't work for and it just came to us.
It was a great blessing to see such an amount an amount of money free that is not payable to the organization.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Before then,we were burning coal before paying the children fee, but today we are no longer burning coal again, rather decide to only make pepper garden farm, that will give us more money than the coal
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The money was used to pay my children school fees, bought food and fertilizer for the garden and I also hired group of men to help brush a huge portion of the farm.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I'm successful to receive the transfer I intend to change my children school . Even though they're in school but I'm not satisfied with the school that they are attending because the school is not up to standard for example no chairs,no good toilet facility and the school don't have qualified teachers,but due to lack of money they have to attend the community School just to seek education
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months our crops yield more than we expected .That makes me happy that I was able to pay my children school fees and established a small red plantain chips business.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My major problem that I'm facing right now is how to get money to change my children school.I want to give my children the best education so that they will become important people tomorrow. some of them may become doctor, president lawyer for tomorrow.Even if I'm not alive to see them becoming those important people I will rejoice in my grave
