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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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?
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In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 USD)
access_time almost 3 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 to open a shop and start a new business in my town. I have been wanting to send my children to school but to no avail due financial constraints. I was making farm. I was making cassava farm and I had to harvest the cassava and produce gari. I used to patch gari and take it to the market to sell before having food for us. I don't want to make farm anymore. There's too much suffering in farming. GiveDirectly is a changing destiny organization and I am and will always be grateful to them.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Too many good things GiveDirectly have done for me. They don't ask for food or any other thing from us when they come in our town. Thank you very much GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I saved my most recent transfer to add the next transfer to it. GiveDirectly have help me in achieving my new goal by opening a shop and start a new business in my town. I am planning to buy rice and other goods to be selling.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($297 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
No!I dont have any new goals. My goal has always been to see my children becoming future leaders and to own a big business. I have been struggling with my children. I sell provisions. Business hasn't been going so well. I couldn't afford their fees. I'm so grateful that this program came to our town. I was overwhelmed when I received my transfer.Our lives will improve.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is changing our lives. It is taking us from poverty to respectable people in society. GiveDirectly has improved our lives greatly. This is amazing. In my opinion, they are not doing anything unwell. We grateful for this life changing opportunity. Our lives will now get better. We will never live in poverty again.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Things have been a hard on us. I sell provisions. The business hasn't been going well. I could afford for my children. I was so excited when GiveDirectly came to my town. It's a privilege to be enrolled on this amazing program. Our lives will improve. My wish has always been to see my children becoming future leaders and to own a big business. I used some of my transfer to get my children back in school. I also used the rest to buy more goods for my business.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($282 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
When I received the first transfer, I was very much excited, because this is my first time to received such a huge amount in my life. I have been suffering with farming work that couldn't even help to support my children. And my health was always affected by the hard work.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Before receiving payment from GiveDirectly, I was doing farming work. However, due to my poor health condition, it was always difficult to do very hard work that could yield good result.For this reason, life was always difficult for my family. With this transfer I am now planning on starting a business to enable me support my children in school and provide food for my family. I am also planning to built a bigger house because the one we are living in right now is not spacious enough to accommodate I seven(7) children.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Most of my recent transfer will be spend on purchasing zinc for the house I am planning to built. I am also planning on using portion of the money to start a business to enable me support my children in school and provide food and other basic needs for my household.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am successful toreceive Givedirectly cash transfers, I will use some of the money to pay my children school fees, school is about to open and I don't have money to send my children to school. This is very worrisome for me as I am thinking now , where to get money from for my children school fee.
I will also use theremaining money to start a business, this will help me to save some money for future use.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiestmoment is today. Because I believe with money, almost all problems can be solved. Today is one of my happiest day hearing this good news from Givedirectly and their visit to my community. With the news I am hearing of the cash transfer if I am successful, gives me joy. I know with the financial help from Givedirectly, my children will go to school and I will be the most happiest person in this town.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My major challenge, or hard time I am facing now is I don't have money, there are some problems that I want to solve but due to the lack of money, I cant. The farm work I am into, is just to feed my children and myself on a daily basis. The farm is very straneous I am tire this farm work every year and want to start selling marketing that everyone will need to buy in the community. Some pf the things I want to sell include, rice ,children clothes and slippers.
