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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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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?
From the beginning of the program I only had one goal, and that was to build a house in the city, I have been doing my best through the help of GiveDirectly transfers to achieve this goal. I have started the building process already and I know that I will compete it.very soon, that is why I don't have any other goal but to achieve my first goal.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by being straight with us in the program, sending the money to us directly through our mobile money accounts make the program so beautiful and reliable. I don't have anything that I noticed about GiveDirectly which they are not doing well because all is well to me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my most recent transfer to buy few building materials to improve the house that I am living in presently why waiting for my new house to be completed.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($300 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I plan to build my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly did well for me by sending my this money to start building my own house. I am so happy.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought blocks to start the building process.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I plan to build house for my children because, they don't have a good sleeping place and I plan to send my children to school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly people really know how to talk to me when ever they come to me in this village. I have been stopping with my relative in this village but doing all for myself because of lack of money, I couldn't afford any money of my own to get a place myself. But after receiving this money from give directly, l started building my house because I want to have my own place and I started sending my children to school.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc, blocks and cement to build my own house and I also paid my children school fees.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Money brings happiness in every man lives and so I was moved with great joy when I did receive the money
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My daily work was garden farming, where I was used to get small amount of money after every sales.
But, since I received this money I have planned to engage into a business to rest with the hard work
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to used the money to buy my house materials, bought food and paid the children school fees for this semester
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I'm successfully enrolled in to Give Directly Cash transfer program, I want to used the money to pay my children school fees because another school year is about to start; for the past school year, we had difficulties in paying their fees.
We will also used some of the money to buy food for our family as well as make business to help sustain our family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
One thing that have brought me joy is the issue of this pandemic, Corona Virus, that is, since the world was declare of being faced with this virus, non of my family members were diagnosed of it .
I also feel happy because at the beginning of this school year, after the out break of the virus (COVID-19) our children were asked to stay home; in that light I got frustrated that we have struggled to help pay their tuitions and if this school year doesn't end well for them, our high earned money would be a waste but as God could have it, it didn't go that way, so that alone brought me Joy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Our major challenge in this home currently is the issue of food because of the lack of money.
Like I said previously, things haven't been fine with my family and my self, we have some of our children staying in the city and going to school the issue with school fees and paying rent for them has been a serious challenge for us as parents.
