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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($338 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Iam now comfortably eating properly
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Everything works accordingly
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have managed to buy 5 bags of maize and other things that I needed using the transfer received from give directly
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($354 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
im very happy
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
theres a positive change
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
bought maize and clothes and basins
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I will buy food because i most of the times spend a night without food.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Evenings
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I have been married for such a longtime but i was divorced because my husband marrued another wife. He took most of my children and he left me with only one.
