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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($338 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
i was happy
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Giving money
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought doors, maize and bricks
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($354 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The recipient is so happy and thankful for the opportunity cause the transfer have made her life very eays
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The recipient now has good shelter and a good place to sleep
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The used the transfer to buy ironsheets, food , matress and a bicycle these are the things she was lacking in her life. She never thought of having such items in her life
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I will start a business with this money. My children and i will be very happy to have received this money
What is the happiest part of your day?
Am happy when am eating as i know i have food on my table
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Poverty as am mostly unable to buy fertilizer to grow my crops
