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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
Yes, I have new goals to educate my children and start a business
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on my kids school fees and my small business
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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?
Since I started receiving cash transfer from Givedrectly, I decided to invest in to agricullture and payment of my son school fees.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedrectly field Staffs are very respectful,they always take time to talk with me so that I can understand the questions and rightly respond to it. They are committed in transferring money to my mobile account. I am not aware of anything that Givedirectly has not done well in this village.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I pay my son balance school fees and and invested in to agriculture to develop my life.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($284 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 plan have been to build my house prior to the money coming in my phone
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
First of all, let me appreciate the work of Givedirect for the assistance given to us as a community and people who were actually in needs .
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought bundles of zinc and garden tools for my garden farm
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
On October 21, 2021 I was on my farm doing some work when I received a message alarm on my phone. I quickly brought my phone to my friend that can read and write to help me explain the message. When he read it, he told me that GiveDirectly has sent me money on my account. When I heard it, I was so excited for the help that GiveDirectly has given me and I started dancing with my wife with so much joy.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I have struggling for a long time now on how to improve my farm, because the inserts where killing my crops all the time. Since GiveDirectly sent this first transfer to me, it has helped me to buy all the farming materials I need, everything is okay now. All the crops are growing good and producing more than before. I was also able to send my son to school with out stress and my wife business has also increased and improved as well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my first transfer to buy a water pump machine that helps me pump water on my farm so that it can make my farming process much easier. I also bought some chemicals that kill inserts on my farm so that I can have a better harvest by next year. I paid my son school fees with some of the money and I bought food for my family. The remaining amount was added to my wife business so that it can improve.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I receive money from Givedirectly, I plan to send my children to school because I know education is important for everyone. Since I never had the opportunity to go to school, let my children go to school. That I believe will be okay. I will also like to do agriculture and build my house because I do not have my own house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What brought me happiness is that when my formal wife bring me greeting from my son. She also brought me his photo that I have here with me and that he is in good health.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges I am currently facing is to get food to eat. It is my friend Stephen who's wife can cook and give me food to eat. Some time my wife goes to her people place and get something for us to eat. Now that her uncle who normally help us is not well, so things have really got bad for us. Even the mattress that I am using is my sister that give it to me because my first woman who divorce me took away everything that I had here.
