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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I'm still sticking to my previous plan which had to do with purchasing of land in the city; this had been my plan for i and my family's.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly do extremely well by giving me free cash transfer without paying back . With this money I'm a land owner in the city and also my children are now going to school, but looking at things I don't know anything that GD did that is not well; all is good to me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Paying of balance money for my land purpose in the city, and i was able to Purchase food and others house materials.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($246 USD)
access_time almost 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My new goal is for me renovate my house by removing the thatch and replace it with zinc.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my mind GiveDirectly is doing well because they are helping me and my family to live a better life. I have not seeing anything that GiveDirectly is not doing well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my recent transfer to buy zinc, zinc nail and pay people to Saw my wood.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($246 USD)
access_time almost 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I don't having new goals; i used my second transfer to purchase zinc to improve my house with new roofing styles.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly did well by providing free cash transfer to people without paying back this had really improve our status with that nothing bad Give Directly do that is bad all is good.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to purchase zinc and invest in to animals raising such as Goats; i purchase goats for agriculture purposes.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($234 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
RE: My family has just left for the farm that morning, so i started to put some food stuff together to prepare food for my family who has gone to work on the farm.
Few minutes later my neighbours from the extreme of the town starting calling out to me saying I should check my phone givedirectly have send us money, right away i call out to my husband who was on his way to the farm as well. I shouted with excitement to my husband come and check the phone oh... they say givedirectly has send money, when my husband confirmed that yes givedirectly transfer has come, i was overwhelmed with joy and laughter.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
RE: since my family received this givedirectly transfer our smiles has become unbroken, with just the taught that we have such amount as ours is indescribable.
Because of givedirectly transfer my family and i have believe that there is nothing impossible in this life.
Givedirectly transfer have given us so much joy that we sleep with smiles on now a days
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE: I am going to be spending the most of my money on renovating my house roof to zinc.
I will also paid my children school fees which has not been easy paying.
We had never had the taught of renovating our house roof not even for once because there are so many things to be done and our income is not enough, but givedirectly changed all that the day they entered our community with this program.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I have a land in Cestos that I purchased few years back, with the cash transfer, I will build a decent house in Cestos and give it out for rent.This will help generate more income for my family and I. I will also use part of the money to reroof my house I am living in presently, during the raining season we find it difficult to sleep because of the thatch roof.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Life has been tough for my family and I. Hearing about GiveDirectly programme has been something that brought me so much joy today .My family and I has been praying to be a part of this programe . Seeing GiveDirectly in my community today make me to feel that my prayers has been answered.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I am a farmer, I have three separate farms that are very big. But because of the road connectivity, I highly take the produce to sell, the distances are very far , most of the produce from the farm are use for eating. Because of this lack of finance has been my major challenge. I need money to send my children to school, build a house and do other spending.
