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?
My plans were to plaster my house and send my kids to school that were my goals for this transfer
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly help us alot so we can educate our children my children were home but the transfers make me send them to school. May God bless GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought cement and i will pay workmanship.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Wehn i saw my friends messages i decided to go check my phone the next day in tge morning. I was so happy becaise i i will renovate my house and send my children back to school
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My life will be better becuase this money qill help me do a lot
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
School fees and improving my house like buy cement, ers
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I have a very large family and finding money to sponsor them in school gives me a tough time. Though I have many children but seeing them going to school is my first plan for them. Sometimes, I do a lot of physical work on my farm to get money so that my children can go to school.
I also have other means of getting money. I have my little business that I do and the little profit I can get from it has also been helping me but it is not enough to take care of my children's school fees.
So, when I receive this money, I will spend it on my children's school fees. I know it will be a hard thing for me now but, in the future, I will reap what I am sowing now.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Although I can suffer to send my children to school but what has brought me happiness recently was when I got the report cards of my children. When I saw their grades and they making a pass to the next class, it made me very happy.
When they were promoted to their next classes, I felt happy and proud because all of the sufferings that I can undergo did not go in vain. I was so happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My greatest challenge is to get money to sponsor my children in school. Sending my children to school is my top priority but I can't fully perform this fatherly duty because I have so many children and my wife just bore another child for me. Just imagine the things that I can go through to feed them, before I talk about sending them to school.
I don't have that kind of money to feed these children and at the same time, send them to school. This has been my challenge since I started having children.
