We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I plan to improve my farm by buying seeds for the farm and I plan to plaster my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly did well for me by sending me this transfer. This transfer help me to buy some materials for my farm and I also bought cement to plaster my house. In the past months, I used to suggle before getting money to buy some materials for my farm. It was through give directly that I was able to do them.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought some materials for the farm and I also bought cement to plaster my house.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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?
I plan to complete the agriculture work on my farm, I plan to improve my house with a new roof and I also plan to plaster my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Improving my house with a new roof, completing the agriculture work on my farm and even getting money to buy some bags of cement to plaster my house are all great things that give directly did for me. I am grateful to give directly for coming in this town to gave me money to improve my life. Let God bless give directly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc and cement to improve my house with a new roof, I have completed the agriculture work on my farm and I also bought bags of cement to start the plastering process.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($266 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my transfer I was happy because I been having some financial constraints
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Alot has changed since I received my transfer. I was able to pay my kids school fees, buy build materials for my house, I can now eat two times every day
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on my kids school fees
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am bless to receive a transfer from GiveDirectly, I intend to send my children to school because I have five children of which the two older ones had not been in school for the past two years. The school we had in the town was a Methodist Church school that got closed down since 2019 due to lack of payment of teachers. I really want the two elderly children to move to Monrovia to attend but because of financial constraints, I am unable to do so. I am only depending on subsistence farming that only provide us with daily substance, but not additional cash flow to pay the children school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What makes me happy in the last six months is that in September of this year, the char coal I was burning produced about 50 bags. This was the highest amount of bags I was able to produce since this year, and that makes me feel very happy because I was thinking where to credit money from to buy food for the house and pay for my treatment. The coal was sold and the money was used to buy food and pay for my medical treatment.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest challenge facing me now is the lack of money to pay for my children school fees. Even though the two bigger children were in school, but were forced to dropped out of school because of money. I sometimes managed to burn char coal and sell it, but the money that I get is inadequate to meet our daily needs and at the same time pay for the children school fees. I will be very grateful for any help GiveDirectly will give me to improve my livelihood
