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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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($336 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I would not manage to renovate my house on my own if I did not receive this transfer. My life is now different because i have food both in my house and in my maize field. GD is the reason for all this. I had never slept in an iron sheets corrugated house before but now iam now expected to occupy one. Iam simply a happy person.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
What amazes me with GiveDirectly is that they have poor and vulnerable people at heart.They support poor people irrespective of how remote an area is. Secondly helping people with cash is one of the best approaches of supporting the poor so that they make their own choices on how to spend it based on their needs. This is one of the reasons why these cash transfers from GiveDirectly have changed the face of our village. There is nothing I can point at as a weakness or where GD fails.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When i had received the second and final transfer i thought of buying iron sheets of which i did. I will soon renovate my house. Part of this transfer was spent on buying 2 goats for animal farming.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($352 USD)
access_time almost 4 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I have joy because I never expect to get such a huge amount of money before
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I am very impressed with how GD is doing their work because my life will never lack anything because of the farming I am doing. I also bought 4 bags of fertilisers
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have managed to buy a new bed and matress together with blankets and I also rented a land for farming
Enrolled
access_time almost 4 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
This money means alot to me and I'm more than happy to be part of the programme in my whole entire life I've never received such amount of money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening this is so because that's when I spent time with my family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship is a sustainable way of finding money,since I have a family my mandasi business doesn't work that much.
