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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($336 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?
Honestly my life has not changed as I thought the money will be used to improve my house and to buy some basic needs, but instead it was used to pay for my grandchild funeral service.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I really like the procedures that GD staff followed when selecting recipients.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the money to pay for the funeral expensesfor my grandchild.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($349 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I don't even know how I can explain the joy that was filled in my life but I thought it was just a joke when the money reflected in my airtel money account and I couldn't think
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Unlike before GD came to our village we had no beddings, no enough food, poor clothes but now that is all history
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have used the money to purchase many things that we did and never thought we will ever have like a bicycle that will be used when travelling, beddings, clothes, new wolden doors and window flames
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
The money will really help us. We have been struggling in poverty. This is like a dream come true that our lives will change for the better. I will be able to buy matress and some new beddings.
I will also manage to buy enough food and farm inputs. We always have problems when it comes to farming because we lack money to buy inputs. I will also buy kitchen utensils.
What is the happiest part of your day?
We are always happy when we have money. Money simplifies life. We can always buy all sorts of items we need.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship for the past years is hunger. We usually harvest a handful of our total cultivation because we lack farm inputs.
