We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
"Before I started receiving transfers from GiveDirectly, I have a desired to built a new house for my family because of the size of my family now my present house cannot accommodate all of my children, I had to asked other neighbours for rooms for them to stay in. For this reason I decided to use my transfers from GiveDirectly to built a new house. Therefore all my transfers including my recent transfer had been spend on buying materials for the project."
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
"In my view GiveDirectly had done the unthinkable things for us the needy. They have given our lives a meaning again when some of us were literally giving up on life because of poverty. As an older man that have no strength again to work for money, I can't imagine what could have become of my dream without GiveDirectly financial assistance. Thanks to GiveDirectly for this life changing opportunity."
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
"With the desired to built a new house for my family, I have been using my previous transfers and buying some building materials such as woods, zinc nail and roofing nail. However with my recent transfer I used all the money and bought three bundles of zinc."
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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 new goal for my recent transfer is for me to build my new house because I have many children.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my mind GiveDirectly is doing well for me because my first money help me to go to hospital and the second money I am beginning to build my house. As for me I have not observed anything that GiveDirectly did not do well with.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am planning buy gas to saw woods and Nails
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($231 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was home when Give Directly sent my transfer but I didn't know until I heard my neighbours shouting and jubilating. However, upon hearing the noise from my neighbourhood, I was encouraged to check my inbox too. As soon as I checked the message it was the transfer. At that moment, I felt very happy because I have been sick and I needed money to treat myself.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
At first, I have been surviving on farming but due to my health condition now I have to avoid the farmwork. And I have struggled to go for an operation or treatment but I could not afford the money. Through the intervention of Give Directly, I feel fine because I have been empowered to go for an operation at any good hospital in Liberia.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my most recent transfer on medication.
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"I have been sick for 10 years now and I do not have money to go for proper treatment. When I receive the transfer from GiveDirectly, I will use portion of the money to go to the hospital for proper treatment and build a house with the remaining money".
What is the happiest part of your day?
" I have not had any happy moment in the past six months because I have been sick and do not have money to go for proper treatment".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"The main challenge I am facing is lack of finance. I want to go for proper treatment at the hospital but I do not have money".
