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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My goal is to build a house for myself.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is doing everything well in my opinion.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc and Nails with my recent transfer.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($300 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?
Since I started receiving cash transfer from Givedrectly, I decided to build my own house. I fistly bought one bundle of zinc and planned to get another two bundles of zinc to start building my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
through the help of Givedrectly people has started business, some added to their business, building their own houses, and have good food to eat on a daily basis .I haven't notice anything that Givedrectly has not done well. I am so grateful to Givedrectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I cash out my money, I will buy two bundles of zinc, and quickly start building my house.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 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?
I want to have a big business to generate more money for my family that will help me to reduce the kind of hard work that I am doing. I also want to go to a trade school to learn how to drive car. When I go through the driving training, I know that I will get a better job. These are the goals that I wish to achieve.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I love the transfer system of GiveDirectly; I also love the way they give us the money unconditionally; I love their manner of approach when interviewing me. Most of all, I love the help they are giving my family and I. For me, I love everything about GiveDirectly and they satisfied me well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my second transfer to buy more zinc and some other materials to build my own house. I also started a new business, I paid my children school fees with some of the money also and remaining amount was used for food.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($271 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The very day I saw the message in my phone that you have received money, the happiness filled my stomach at hour.
Because I described it as a Wonder for me
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
In the past, I was used to stream myself to do anything for myself, even including finding food.
Today, at least I am not stressing myself again like before to find food and other things
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have planned to pay my children school fees, do small small business and build a house
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I plan to send my children to school, and what ever remain i will used it to buy food for my houshold. Our only source of income is from the subsistence farming and what we produced on the farm is not enough to sponsor all of them in school and get daily needs from it.
What is the happiest part of your day?
It was sometimes in July when we were call that my wife sister got missing for a week and everyone was in search of her, but after two days I was again call that they found her; that brought more joy to me.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges we face with is getting daily needs. When our cassava is ready for harvest we have to sell before getting food to eat, and sometimes when we take the cassava to the market no buyers, we will have to stay hungry for the whole day or ask family member for food to feed the children.
