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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?
No new plan my previous plan still stand to build my house and send my children to school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly did extremely well for me through the help of Give directly i i was able to paid my children school fees.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought 3 bundles of zinc and 1cartoon of nail and others assorted building materials and 4 pieces of plank. And i paid my 3 children school fees with some of my transfer.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
My son went up the hill to check the phone and he saw the message, he came back quickly to tell me. I was happy because my son almost dropped out of school, secondly i started my house project and i couldnt finish it due to lack of money. I cash out the money and quickly paid my son school fees and i bought materials for the house. GiveDirectly thank ypu for the money.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I feel alright because im a black smith who have to knock hammer rbefore i eat. Nowadays its hard to get customers, this money has change my life now and im grateful to GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Paid children school fees and bought materials for the new house.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I'm successful to receive this money from Givedirectly, I will use some to complete my house and use the balance to pay my children tuition fees.
The money I earn from the little business I'm doing, I used some to pay my children school fees last school year and used the balance to build my house.
The house I'm building is not completed because I don't have enough money to complete it.
Where I'm staying now is my father in-law house and I can't continue living in his house with my family as a grown up man. I feel bad about my condition at times.
It's my dream to build my own house where my family and I will stay and be comfortable but no money to complete the building of my house since I started the process last year November.
I will appreciate any help from Givedirectly to improve my living conditions.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months what has brought me joy and happiness is when my sister in-law voluteeer to pay my son school fees in the moth of September 2021 and rented a place in Monrovia where he will stay and achieve higher education.
It brought me so much joy and happiness because, I was worried about paying his school fees. Most especially where he was leaving from this town to achieve higher education in Monrovia. But she voluteeer to pay his tuition fees and even rented places for him to stay.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I'm facing now is money.
I want to complete my house and pay my children tuition fees for this coming school year but I don't have money.
Although I'm doing business to sustain my family but the business is doing well. The money I earn from the business these days is not enough to pay my children fees and complete my house.
The little money I earn from the business, I used it on food and medication.
I will appreciate any help from Givedirectly in order to improve my livelihood.
