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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?
My new goal for my recent transfer is for me to improve my business. I bought more goods for my shop.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my mind GiveDirectly did well because they help me with money to build my shop and continue my business. I have not observed anything that GiveDirectly did not do well with.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my recent transfer to buy Rice and other goods to put in my shop.
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?
I am planning to improve my house with my recent transfer that is my new goal. However, I bought cement to plaster my entire house.
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 giving us money to help ourself. As for me I have not seeing anything that GiveDirectly is not doing well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am planning to buy Cement to improve my house by plastering the entire house with my recent transfer
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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 add additional rooms to the house I am building. I just want to say thank you to Givedirectly for their support to was my family and I. Because life has been so hard on us, to even get food for our family used to be very difficult for us. But with the help from givedirectly our life began to change. My plans is to build another house in my village to support my family.
I am a farmer and my income was very low to accomplish my plan. Many thanks to Givedirectly for their support.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly did very well in my life and that of our village, givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses, givedirectly was able to enrolled our entire village.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received withdraw my transfer I will buy 15 begs of cement. I will also buy Food, Sand, Zinc. The rest of the money I will paid workmanship
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?
I was happy because some time other people will come and tell us about program at the end of the day we cannot see and result but this one work so I am very happy.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life now is that I have money to support my children in school.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have my children going to school, so I am planning to withdraw my money and pay my children school fees.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"I want to build my children house for the future, and increase my business for more income. The business that I do currently can't afford to do these things that I want".
What is the happiest part of your day?
"I'm always happy whenever I'm in the presence of God, because it's through all things are possible. So, over the six months I have been happy because my family and I have life".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"I am thinking about how my children will go to school, because the business I'm doing now can't allow me to send all of them to school. So, what I faced with now as a challenge is money".
