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Amelia
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Small business
faceAge:
42
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 USD)
access_time almost 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I am a business woman. I have a little amount of money saving but not really enough to do what I really want to achieve. When I started receiving the transfer from Givedirectly, I was very happy. When I receive my first and second transfers, I used portion of them to send my children to a better school to achieve a quality education for a better future. For the passed years, my children's tuitions have been a challenge for me. Through the third and fourth transfers, I was able to buy more goods for my business to extend it. The remaining portion of the transfers, I used it to buy a land in Monrovia and now I am buying planks for the construction of my house because I need a better house to stay in the future.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I am very much satisfied and grateful to GiveDirectly for everything they have done by improving my life and my family. With the help of GiveDirectly, my life and the life of my family is very much better than ever before. In my opinion about what is not done well by GiveDirectly, I have therefore seen nothing of such. I just want to appreciate GiveDirectly for the great help render to me, my family and my entire town.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am so much happy for this great opportunity from GiveDirectly. It has been a challenge for me for the passed years ago to pay for my children's tuitions. Through the recent transfer from Givedirectly, I have been able to buy planks for the roofing of my house. The remaining portion of the transfer, I used portion of it to buy more goods for my business because I want to earn more money in the future to support my children. I am so excited about this money because I have been going through a lot of difficulties along with my family. Thanks to God Almighty for GiveDirectly for making me who I am today.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Before receiving payment from GiveDirectly, as a single Mother, My biggest goal had been to do everything in my power to buy a parcel of land in the Capital city for my three kids. But getting my hands around that goal was a difficult thing to do due to the low income from my petite trading. Excitingly, GiveDirectly came my way with this great financial opportunity. On that note, I used my second transfer and paid an advancement on the plot of land. Now with recent transfer, I used all and paid the balance money for the land. I am overjoyed that my kids and I, are now a land owner in the Capital city. All thanks and appreciation to GiveDirectly for this dream come through.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly had done a tremendous job.Their humanitarian heart towards the needy is so much commendable. Plans that we have for years and couldn't achived, now we're gradually achieving them all because of GiveDirectly financial assistance. We will forever be grateful to GiveDirectly. Sincerely, In my opinion GiveDirectly has not done anything that is not well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
After receiving my transfer from GiveDirectly, with my dream to acquire a property in the city for my children and I, I used all my recent transfer and pay the balance money that was due to complete the require amount. This had brought so much relieved and joy to me now that I own a parcel of land in the city. For the passed years, I struggled in raising money for this purpose, but as a single Mother and petite trader, meeting up with the said amount was very much difficult to do. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly for helping me archived my goal.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($270 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
It was at night when I heard the news about the transfer. I didn't believe it until when I saw it with my own eyes in my phone. I have three children in Monrovia living with my friends that were going to school but they were thrown out of school because there is no money. So, I was very much happy when I receive the transfer because I knew that the transfer was going to help me a lot by using it to send my three children back to school to learn and have better jobs opportunities for the future. I was also happy because I believe that with the transfer, I would increase my business and be able to save more money for future used just incase GiveDirectly cash transfer program stops.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I have not been able to refill my shop and my children have been out of school because the difficulties I am facing. What I am expecting to see in my life now is that I will be having full shop and my kids are going back to school which have brought me joy and happiness that I have never have before. This is a very big difference in my life.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The first transfer that I receive from Givedirectly, I divided it into two(2) portions. I used the first portion of the money, I took $15,000.00LD to pay my children's tuitions. The other half which is the second portion, I used it to buy more goods for my business. I need to save more money for my children's education because I believe that the unconditional cash transfer for poor people will stop after I have receive my fourth quarter of the money. Therefore, using the transfer from Givedirectly to increase my business and sending my children to school to get a better education makes me to believe that it is a financial security for me and my children's future.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
When I am qualifie for this program and I receive any money from GiveDirectly I am going make business to support my children in school
What is the happiest part of your day?
In tbe last six months nothing had ever brought joy or happiness to me because my husband who was a great help to me left me and now I do not have someone to help me it's worry me every day but upon heading about GiveDirectly people and the kind of help that they do for the poor families it really brought joy in my heart and today to see myself being apart of this program I'm over joy and for a very long time today is one day that I have been very happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The current challenge I'm facing right now is money problem, since my husband left me no one to help me and I do not have money I am really facing money problem so that's my main challenges for now.