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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
No new plan my previous plan still stand to build my house because im living in a family house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly did extremely well through the help of Give directly i was able to build my own house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought 5 bundles of zinc and 150pieces of plank assorted building materials and 12 packs of nails and used some of my transfer to buy food and also paid my daughter school fees.
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?
I receoved thr text in the morning at the network area in my palm farm. I so excited because the money will bring changes in my life. I wanted my own house and i didnt have money when the money came i knew i could build my house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that i know now that i can have my own house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Pay children school fees, bought bundles of zinc
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My house broke down more than 3 years ago but I have not been able to rebuild a new house. The house I live in is not for me and it has been creating problems for me. When I receive this money, the first thing I will intend doing is to build a new house. I will build a new house that will represent me.
I am an agriculturist and I have a small palm garden along the road. It is not big because I don't have money to expand it to a bigger farm. Now, I have more palm on nursery. If I receive this money, I will pay more people to brush and increase the garden to a farm level. I'm going to invest in my palm farm when I receive the money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Recently, what has brought me joy is knowing that I have started planting palm for myself. Though it is not yet big, but I feel happy and proud of having a palm garden with the intent of expanding it to a farm level. When I look at many older people who have not done such at their ages, I feel glad. At my age and starting this palm farm, is a great achievement for me and it makes me happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I had a surgical operation in 2007 and because of that, I had to stop doing physical work. The work I used to do for money can't be done by me again because of my health condition. To make matters worse, my woman who used to help me was operated on this year before giving birth to my youngest daughter. For now, my greatest challenge is the lack of financial support to support my family.
