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Elijah
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
41
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My house project is at the finishing touches so I decided to fast track it in other to stand my house. I intend keeping an amount of fifteen thousand for workmanship, the remaining portion will be used to purchase two bags of rice, fish, vita and others to feed those that will be working.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly does everything well in my opinion. They are a credible institution and a blessing to lives. They have indeed eased my stress, a big thanks to them.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My recent transfer was spent on my house project, an amount of fifteen thousand was kept for workmanship. The remaining portion was spent on two bags of rice, maggi cube, fish and others to feed those that will be working on the project cite.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($246 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Receiving this money means a lot to me. Because the house that my family and i are living it's a thatched and leaking as well. So receiving this money huge amount brought me great joy and i have decided to build a new house with zinc.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is removing poverty from our lives and i am so grateful. Things we couldn't easily do for ourselves, we are now doing them all because of the good Givedirectly is doing.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the cash and bought additional zinc and other building materials for the construction of my new house construction.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($234 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was on my farm planting rice when I got the news that GiveDirectly have sent transfers. I immediately stopped work and went to a network site to check my phone. Then, I realised that my transfer has just been sent. I was very excited! It took so many years of poverty in my life due to four of my immediate family members death. I spent all of my little savings that I generated from my the crops that I sold from my farm.I am a 7th grade dropped out with six children. I have been involved greatly in to farming to sustain I and my family. I am living in a deplorable thatch house with my family for six years now. My wife and children haven't even had fitting clothes to wear due to lack of money. However,with this great financial assistance given me by GiveDirectly, I am going to build a new house with zinc. And my family and I will live in a it happily.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life is regaining my hope. I am seeing that through GD financial assistance, I am going to build a new house and take my life from poverty.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
With my house and family well being been worrisome to me,I used my most recent transfer to purchase one bundle of zinc, two bags of rice and a cartoon of frozen chicken feet. I bought my some materials for my wife and children. I also bought an agriculture tools for my farm.
 
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access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Upon receiving this grant, I will use the money to build a comfortable dwelling place because the present one I am sleeping in currently is leaking.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What brought happiness to me in the last six month was that My little sister give birth safely.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Sleeping place/dwelling house is the main challenge I am facing because my current home is leaking.