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Christian
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
30
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Liberia Large Transfer
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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?
My major goal is to build a house. I also dream of doing business. Moreover, I will like to send my children to a good school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Give Directly is the best organization k have ever set my eyes on. There is a big difference and a massive changes in my life since I got on this program. Am grateful to God for the great opportunity give me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
With the money I received from Give Directly, I used some of it to buy zinc. I also buy some oil and started selling. The balance money I bought food
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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 new goals have been building a house of my own and investing into business. I am living in my family's house and my sleeping place is not in good condition. I have been sleeping on a very flat mattress that made me have uncomfortable sleep at night. When I receive my first second and third transfers, I used portions of them to purchase one bundle of zinc each because I want to be in my own house. The remaining portions of the transfers I have decided to invest into business and pay my children's school fees for a better future because I don't want their lives to be like mine.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I appreciate GiveDirectly so much because of the help they have given to me. Without GiveDirectly, I can not imagine how me and my family lives would have been. In my opinion about what is not done well by GiveDirectly, I have seen nothing. I believe that GiveDirectly does well by visiting every deserving households in my town when the enrolment process was on also determining their eligibility.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am having children, moreover in my family's house. To have a comfortable home, I split my transfer up into portions. The first portion was used on my children's tuitions because I need them to have a quality education for a better future. The other portion of the transfer was used to buy one big mattress to change my bed and one bundle of zinc to build a new house of my own. The remaining portion of the money, I used it to buy more goods for my new business because I want to empower myself by means of business to earn more money for future use just in case when the transfer from Givedirectly stops coming.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
When I received my mobile money on my phone, I was so happy with in myself because this was my first time ever received this amount of money in cash. I had plan to purchased bike for the so purpose of trasportation. The money in question was very timely and rewarding for me and my family. The remaining money I was able to purchase some dry goods for business purpose that will enable rebuild my life. GiveDirectly is really doing very well for us by improving our livelihood.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Some of the biggest difference right now in my life is that, my family and l eating regularly and on time, also saving some money in my account on a daily basis for the betterment of my children future.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The money was spend on motorbike and dry goods, for business purpose.
 
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access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
When I am qualifie to receive any money from GiveDirectly I am going to build my house and make business to support my children in school because I never never went far in school so I want my children to be educated.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months nothing had ever brought joy or happiness to me because I worry every day about how to get money so for that reason I have not had any happiness in the past six months but, today I am over joy to have seen GiveDirectly people talking to me and that I'm apart of this program in a very long time this is one thing that had brought great joy to me .
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My current challenge right now is money problem , I do not have money and the house I'm living in is a family house and I want to build my own house but no money so that's my main challenges for now .