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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 is different now in a way that I look healthy. This is because now my household we have food and we can eat on daily basis. Before GD transfers, you could not look me twice, by just looking at me one could tell I am starving and it was bad.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
What Givedirectly do well is giving people money that helps them buy things they need and improve their household status.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
This transfer I have used it to build a house of which the bricks and other resources were gathered by the first transfer. The labor and cement will also be used by this amount of money
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means giving us hope to a new life in a way that our living standards will be improved since we will be able to buy food and build new houses.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I'm the happiest in the afternoon after having lunch with my family
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest challenge has been that of insufficient income to support my household interms of food
