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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($340 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have been able to buy food, construct my house and sleep comfortably all because of the transfers
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has done well, I have been able to buy food, construct my house and sleep comfortably all because of the transfers they allowed us to spend according to our needs.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
i have bought iron sheets for building the house,bags of maize for food, clothes and blankets for my family clothes
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($356 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
for the whole of my life i have never had such a huge amount of money, when i received the money i was very happy
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
i used to have very poor yields because i could not afford to buy fertilizer to apply in my maize fields. every year i could have insufficient food for my family and we could go without food for most of the days. with the money that i have received i have bought fertilizer and i will apply in my field and the problem of low yields is history now. i have also bought food for my family since we had no food.
my house was destroyed by floods last year and since then i have been staying in a rented house, when i received my money i have bought bricks which will be used to build my house and soon i will have my own house
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
when i received my money i bought bricks which will be used to build my house, food, fertilizer and mattress
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I have to buy food and fertilizer
What is the happiest part of your day?
Any time
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
