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?
Yes I have a new goal, I want to build zinc roof house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Am yet to see the wrong or bad side of GiveDirectly, GD has transformed my life positively, 60% our entire community has changed from thatch roof to zinc roof.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought three bundles of zinc, three packs of zinc nails, wire nails and pay contractors for local materials ( sticks and others items).
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($264 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was on my cocoa farm doing maintenance (spraying the grass) when I received the cash transfer massage on my phone. I started dancing and singing. The place I danced grass won't grow there again because I really really danced. After few minutes I stopped and said to myself, I hope someone is not watching me but I never cared in as much as am expressing my happiness. I was overly happy because this money will help reduce my poverty.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Since I received the cash transfer I have been stress relieved. I feel that my problems are all solved.
Can you imagine from the day of my birth to present, I am still living under thatch roof but now I have bought three bundles of zinc from GiveDirectly cash transfer to build a new house which makes me happy.
I will no longer worry about how to get medicines for my cocoa maintenance from harmful inserts and pets.
I usually used to worry about my two children's future but now GD has brought releaf to my entire life.
Thank you GiveDirectly for your support to people living in poverty and changing their lives should continue not my village alone.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought three buddles of zinc and five bottles of cocoa spraying medicines.
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access_time almost 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
What I plan to do with my cash transfer is, to invest into fashioned clothes business, I believe that if I invest into business I will be able to generate more cash to enable me support my home, this type of business goes faster in this place then other area.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What had brought me happiness in the last six months is that, somebody assisted me with a cash times back when I was desperately in need of money, that had brought me joy by then.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Those challenges I'm currently faced with are, firstly, to raise cash and support my child in school, secondly, to start up my clothes business; the cocoa farm my Spouse had made has not started producing, so he does brushing/grazing farm contracts for other people just to support the home, so the little he earns isn't enough to pay child's school fees, and start up business simultaneously.
