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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($279 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?
No new goals I previously plans to build house, is what am continuing until it is completed.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly has been a blessing to me, I was unable to build a house but through givedirectly transfer program am able to build a new house. It has been my dream of finding shelter for me and children through givedirectly this dream has come to passed. Givedirectly has not done any bad in my community.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought four bundles of zinc, 100 pieces of planks and seven bags of cement for the house.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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?
Over the period it has been my plan to build my house. This was long before Givedirectly came. Meanwhile Since I begin receiving transfer of cash from Givedirectly I have started to build my house. Besides that, I Currently don't have any new goals.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
They've help me alot. If Givedirectly can see through my heart, they will know how grateful I am to have a home.
So far, Givedirectly has done nothing wrong.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought one load of sand to start the constuction of my house. I was also able to paid my son second semester tuition. The rest was used for building materials such as zinc nails, window strain and for cutting of the sticks.
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 don't have a new goal neither do I intend to have one until my goal of building a modern house for myself and my family is achieved. This is something I have yearned for for years.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing well everything well and I want to encourage them to continue serving humanitarian with passion.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I will buy building additional zinc when I cash out my recent transfer. This is in completion of the total bundles of zinc that will roof my house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($264 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was doing house chores when I heard the phone beeping, I called my neighbor's daughter that can read and write and she informed me that GD sent the money they promised.
I took the phone back and started jumping and prasing God for all that had happened. My kids joined me in jubilation. I called my husband to inform him about what was unfolding. My entire family was happy.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I was married in a polygamous home and I'm staying in the house of my first wife. Though they are not mistreating me, but I'm not too comfortable staying with my six(5) children in the same room. It has been my dream to own my own house; and with the help of GD, I was able to buy few materials to build on the land my big daughter from Monrovia bought for me. All these new good things that are happening in my life is because of Givedirectly and it makes me happy everyday.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought two(2) bundles of zinc, two(2)packs of nails, and three(3) bags of cement for the construction of a new house. I used some of my money to buy uniform for my last son. I will use the rest of my transfer to saw my planks for my house.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
What I plan to do with my cash transfer is, to build my own house within this town, reason being, this house is my Mate, Bessy Davis'; she is due to come back from Monrovia, as such, it'll be an embarrassment living in this house, so it had been our plan to erect a house for I and my children; we've tried raising money for this project but what we earn from our daily hustles isn't much to start up, holding to the fact that we have to eat every day.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What brought me joy in the last six months is, three months ago an NGO came in our town and distributed bags of rice and tins of oil among us, when I got my portion it brought me so much excitement, other entities had been coming and taking down names but they had been no direct benefits, so when that happened I was overwhelmed with joy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Those challenges I'm faced with are, the issue of raising cash for my house project, all through we've been surviving by our rice farm, which hasn't been earning much, just this year we've planted our cocoa, one and the half acre, but it'll take time to grow and reap; another challenge is the issue of my eyes, I don't see clearly, because of this, I most often abstain from brushing the farm and doing other farming activities, and this had been slowing down our speedy earnings.
