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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD
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?
Our plan my wife and I was to build our own house and educated all of our children, because the hut in question we live in is just one room, for this reason my seven living children and I can't live in one roon. Most of my children sometime sleep with my mother in law and others community members, only because the one room is very small for everyone of us. All of payments when to was building material and my children school fees, just for the betterment of our children future. Not with standing my brother things hed been very difficult for me and my family in this County, and more over my wife and I not from this Rivercess County we came from Grand Bassa County district number one. I just one to exstand my many thanks and appreciation to the entire family of GiveDirectly for their intermediate support towards my family and l. As I speak right now all of my children are back in school and building project is on going. Again thank you GiveDirectly.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is really doing very well for me and my family wellbeing, they are one of the out standing organization in this country. More over as I speak right now everyone in this county one way at the other are under taking long time or short time project.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
All of our payments when to was my building project and my children school fees. Only because things hed been very disappointing for my family and l. As I speak right now all of my children are back in school and my building project is ongoing.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD
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 wife and I are with many children. There have been lot of struggle in supporting the children because of poverty. I have tried my possible best to school my children but there ìs no way. I have also been planning to build a new house for me and my family because the house that we are living in is very small and it can not accommodate me and my family. I am so much happy for this money because it has help me so greatly. I use the first transfer of it to buy zinc, I am sawing planks now to start my house project. With the transfer, I was also able to send my children back to school for a better future.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, I believe that GiveDirectly does well by visiting every deserving households the various communities during the enrolment process and also determining their eligibility. I strongly believe that there is or was no deserving households that were left out. Therefore, due to this reason I think there is nothing that is not done well by GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I receive my recent transfer, I bought Zinc, planks, and other building materials for the construction of my house. I also used portion of it to send my children back to school because I need them to acquire quality education for a better future. The remaining portion of the transfer, I used it to buy food and my wife is now doing business to increase our financial strength in the future.
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?
I was in the bush cutting palm. My phone alerted and when I checked my phone it was my transfer from GiveDirectly. I was astonished. I came home immediately and spread the good news. Everyone started rejoicing in my village. My family and I have been living in a tight and tiny little house that can not contain us anymore. My wife and I have seven living children but we have five with us presently. We all live in a one room house. Therefore,I am going to use my transfer wisely to build my three bed rooms house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I have never felt fine and relaxed in my mind like the way I am right now. I have been having stressful days and nights when I never had this money. Right now, I am feeling like I am the richest man in the world because of GiveDirectly help to bettering me and my children's future.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am a farmer.I make and cut palm for me and my family to survive. My family and I have been living in a tight and tiny little house that can not contain us anymore. My wife and I have seven living children but we have five with us sleeping together in a one room house. Since I have not taken my money from my account, I have planned alone with my wife to buy zinc and other house materials to build a decent three bed rooms house that will accommodate my family and I.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
When I am qualifie for this program and I receive any money from GiveDirectly I am going to build a new zinc house for my children and I to live in. lastly I am going to make business and support my children in school for their feature .
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months nothing had ever brought joy or happiness to me but upon heading about GiveDirectly and the kind of help that they do for poor families around Liberia and seen you people today in my town and by me being apart of this program it had really brought to me because I have never seen such a great help like this before so am so grateful
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My current challenge right now is money problem I do not have money for that reason I am unable to even build house for my family and myself to live and because of that again my children are not in school this year so that's my main challenge for now.