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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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 am so happy that Give Directly chose me to be a beneficiary of this program.
I have my two kids in Monrovia a boy who is in the 9th grade and a girl in the 4th grade.
I have decided to use my last transfer just for their school this year.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly is a life saver. I was worrying where i was going to get financial support for my kids school this academic year but Give Directly came just in time and solved my problems.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am using the money to buy my kids school materials (shoes, uniform, bags, copy books and pay their fees as well).
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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?
Firstly I want to give thanks to Givedirectly for their support to was my family and me. I am so happy that I was enrolled on this program. I am happy because, before than life has been so hard on me and my family to even get food for my family used to be very difficult for me. But I am grateful. Now I have money to pay my children school fees. And also my children being out of school for awhile now, because I never had the money to send them to school, that's why when I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly my life began to change. I have registered all my children in school. And my children was sleeping on the floor. But with the help from givedirectly I was able to buy my children a big mattress to sleep on. I don't know how to tell givedirectly thank you. But I am grateful for everything.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion givedirectly did very well in my life and that of our village. Givedirectly was able to enrolled almost the entire village. Givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses. Givedirectly has changed my life for the better. I am blessed to be this program.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received my transfer I was able to paid my children school fees. I bought one big mattress to sleep on. I bought two bundle of zinc to build my kitchen. I used parts of my transfer to paid the workmanship.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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?
I was really hoping and praying for a means to plaster my house sometimes when it rains the water would enter my house due to lack of cement.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is helping us
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent most of my transfer on buying sand and cement
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I been sleeping on hard mat, my plan for this money is to buy my mattress and fix my room. I also want to sell with some of the money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The promotion of my children has been my joy and happiness. Looking at the struggle we go through just to get money for school.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Our greatest challenge here is finance, my family have to make farm and fix oil before we get money for food.
