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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 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?
No, we are working on our previous goal which is to improve our house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing everything well, but Givedirectly doesn't receive gifts from us so that makes me to feel very bad about this organization.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My husband and I are planning on renovating our house with the last transfer.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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 had other plans before I received my transfer. I had plans to send my kids to school. By the grace of God since Give Directly came I'm able to send my kids to school, I'm also doing a small business, I also bought water pump for my agriculture farm.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Good thing about give directly I was able to receive phone and sim card and money to help meet my needs. With all the good things give directly is doing for us, sometimes we can want give this but they can refuse
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on my kids school fees, I bought food and fertilizer for my garden
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?
No, we had a goal before receiving the transfer from Givedirectly. We had plans of building a house for our family, but we had no money to that until this program came.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing everything well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
We are planning to build a house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I feel happy because, I was thinking how will I get money to pay my children school fees. But after receiving the money from give directly, I was able to paid my children school fees.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
In the past months, I was thinking how will I get money to pay my children school fees, how my family will survive because of lack of money, no food in the house. Through the help of give directly, I was able to solve those problems.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid my children school fees, bought fertilizer for my garden and I also bought food for the house.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I'm successful to receive the cash transfer from GiveDirectly I intend to build my personal house and use the balance to pay my daughter tuition fees in secondary School. Even though I produced charcoal but the money generated for the charcoal is not enough to build my own house and pay my daughter school fees in secondary school. My daughter was attending Bowein Elementary public school, this year she got promoted to the 7th grade, but the school is an elementary school. Bowein Elementary Public school is the only school that is in the town and affordable. I want her to go to SassTown High school to further her education but there's no money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months what has brought me joy or happiness is when my friend Hawa gives me five cups of rice that cost 250.00 Liberian Dollars in the month of June 2021. I was happy and started thanking God for what she did for me because my household never had charcoal to sell and buy rice and the fact that someone that is not my relative gives my household 5 cups of rice to eat brought so much joy to me.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship facing me currently is the lack of money to build my own house and continue to pay my daughter's tuition fees. Though I burn charcoal but the money I earned is what I used to cater to other family challenges such as food and buy the other two children school materials that are attending Bowein elementary school. The money earned from charcoal selling is not enough to buy zinc and other building materials to start the construction of my new house. Therefore I will appreciate any assistance given to me by GiveDirectly to improve my livelihood.
