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?
I plan to pay for my treatment at the hospital, l plan to buy food for the house, I plan to do a business and I also plan to save some of the money.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly did well for me. It was through this transfer, I was taking from mat to mattress and this transfer also help to improve my life.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought food for the house, I have paid for the treatment at the hospital, I have saved some of the money and I have also started making a new business to improve my life.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
Well, currently as you can see, I am not well and I am not able to do anything for myself, because of my health.
Our plans is how the both of us can get well soon and do something good with the money we are receiving from Givedirect.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
We are very excited and greatful to God and Givedirect for the assistance we are receiving.
Today, through the assistance,we are going through our treatment at the hospital and we thank God for everything.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
More than half of the money is being spent on treatment for the two of us at the hospital and we bought food
2nd 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?
My name is Lucia Kamara from Joe Town Dowein District Bomi County Liberia.
Right now my plan is that my husband and I continuing our medication till we get well.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I so happy for Give Directly
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I will use my money for medication for me and my husband
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($283 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
My son, My name is Lucia Kamara from Joe Town, Dowein District, Bomi County.
I was waiting for my son/trustee to recover from sickness and return to check my phone to confirm my transfer, my husband and I are very old we don't operate phone.
Right now, I want to stand up and dance only if I was young. I am so, so happy to receive this Support from Give Directly else me and my husband would have died very soon from sickness.
I was worried where to get money to seek medication my husband and I.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Though my husband and I had not go to hospital but now we feel and trust we are heal.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My husband and I will use this money to do our X-ray and treat our health to get strong and at the same time get our house food until our next transfer is sent.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I will use some portion of my transfer to start business because I am very old now. My spouse is very old now and his health conditions is unstable, see his feet all swell up. Therefore, I will take him to the hospital because we don't know the underlying causes of his health problems. We will also pay attention to the children school. Because I didn't go to school, yet I know the importance of education. Sometimes I wonder why my parents refused to educate me. When I travel to Monrovia and see the girls and boys in offices and riding their own cars, I take the challenge to educate the children because I don't want them to end up like me in the bush.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The day my son send me a bag of 25KG in July, I was very happy and I felt that God has come down from heaven. I was happy because it is not easy for us when it comes to getting food for my grandchildren and us. Sometimes, you will not believe that we go to bed with hunger. When God help us to eat just dry cassava pieces is enough. Old as we are, the day we get food to eat is our joyous day.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The main challenge we are faced with as household is finance. As I am speaking to you, I don't have slipper to wear now, could you imagine? The next challenge is food for my household sustainability. The only means of survival for me now is going to gather cassava from the old farm to make fufu (product from cassava) to sell. Occasionally, my other son in Monrovia send a bag of 25KG rice and that happens two times a year because he is not employed and is just sell used clothes in the street.
