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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
297300 MWK ($369 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 life has changed in many ways, before GD my household experience hunger and poverty. The coming Of GD, we now have food and many of our problems are solved. We now sleep on the mattress and we have a house now.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
What give directly do well is giving people money to help. People are living in poverty and money has put a smile on many lives in the village.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received the second transfer, I bought 10 bags of cement to finish off the house the start with the first transfer, I bought 4 bags of fertilizer and the remaining money is saved for labor for the house.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
The money is going to help me a lot. I will be able to buy kitchen utensils. I will also buy more livestocks to promote livestock.
My household is also composed of many people. The money will help me to buy enough food for the family. I will also renovate my house and buy a bicycle.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Whenever we have enough food for the family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I have been lacking farm inputs such as fertilizer. This slows farm production.
