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?
When I started receiving transfers from GiveDirectly, I was able to paid my children school fees, buy food stuffs for my family and some medicine for my farm. My new goal now is to buy a water pump machine that I can use for my farming process. Having a water pump machine will help me reduce the stress of watering the farm; by that, I will have more crops growing effectively which will yield a wonderful harvest this for year.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly does well by being truthful and fair to us, all the informations given by GiveDirectly from the beginning of the program have come to pass and we are so grateful; they are also very gentle with us during interviews, I don't know of anything that GiveDirectly is not doing well, everything is okay with me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my most recent transfer to buy fertilizers and insects medicine for my farm, for the past years my farm has not been producing properly because of insects damages and lack of fertilizer use on the farm. I couldn't afford the money to buy those materials for a healthy farm because of lack of finance but thanks to GiveDirectly I was able to buy those things with my recent transfer. I also bought food for my family.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 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?
I have a new goal that I didn't have before receiving the transfer. My goal was to find a sponsor who will help me with all the necessary working tools to increase my agriculture activities.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is helping us better ourselves and Educate our kids. Give directly did not capture most of the citizens and according to the organization, the process is transparent. Those people are citizens and were left out of the program.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my transfer on my garden, I bought fertilizers for my plants.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($275 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
How I felt when I received my first transfer from GiveDirectly:
I have been hearing that GiveDirectly has sent money in our neighboring towns and even this town that I live in; I was expecting mine as well. One evening, I told my younger sister to check my phone to see weather GiveDirectly has sent my transfer. When she checked it, it was confirmed that I have received money from GiveDirectly on my mobile money account and I was so happy day for the help. I keep blessing the organization for such a great help.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly:
I have been struggling to send my daughter to school every year. I didn't know where to start from this year because I never had any money to settle the school expenses but since GiveDirectly came to help us, I was able to pay my daughter school fees with out any stress or worry. I'm also happy because my crops that were dying are now growing very well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
What I spend my most recent transfer on:
I have been striving with my farming crops for sometime now before GiveDirectly came to help us. I used my transfer to buy fertilizers to improve my farm and it is working fine. All my crops are now growing good; I also used the remaining to pay my daughter school fees.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am successful to get the money, I will do fish business. I will go to Monrovia by fish or go to the beach in Bomi here, buy fish and come sell it here.
I decided to sell fish because that is the business I know about since I knew myself as mature person. So I will not want to leave it and do another business I don't have idea on.
I know with business, I will be able to continue to support my family than just putting it in other things that I will not continue to be earning from.
Also if the money is enough, I will build my own house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Yes, for the past six months I was happy some days, especially in the month of March, April and May. What made me happy was, I was able to have food for my family and I. Besides the time mentioned, the months of July and this August is a difficult month for me because my family and I don't have food most time.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges I got here are food and wearing.
I said food because here to get food is difficult. The frarm we made did not produce much yield; especially the rice.
