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Ezekie
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
42
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
My plan right now is to clear my children balance fees. The remaining portion will go towards food and additional building materials.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly is an organization of high integrity and I love them for that. They have indeed helped us achieved our goals.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My transfer was spent on my children balance fees, food, and additional building materials for my house project.
 
3rd 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 don't have any new goal, I'm still continuing with my building project which is almost done. Additional I want to complete my children fees.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly does everything good.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I will spend my transfer on my remaining building project and my children balance fees.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($297 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?
All along I've been longing to build a house of my own. I have seven children in my mother's house. The house has become smaller to accommodate me, my wife and all of my children. However, due to low income, I was unable to build my own house and move in with my family. When I received my transfer from GiveDirectly, I bought 3 bundles of zinc. I also used portion of my transfer to buy gas and saw wood for my new house. The remaining money was used to pay contractors. I am so very happy. I feel so proud to be empowered to improve my life. Building a house has become my primary objective upon receiving my transfer.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
From my own point of view, GiveDirectly has been doing quite well in reaching out to poor people like us by giving us enough money to improve our livelihood. This organization has been very fair in choosing qualified household from hard to reach town like ours. I'm so blessed to be benefiting from this project that has changed the livelihood of me and my entire family. Am overwhelmed about this good gesture coming from GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I've always dreamed of building a house so that I could moved out of my mother's house along with my entire family. Am extremely excited that my dreams are coming to reality. Therefore, as soon as I received my transfer, I bought 3 bundles of zinc to roof my house. Similarly, I also purchased gasoline to saw wood for the construction of my house. The remaining portion of my transfer was used to pay contractors to build my house. In doing so, all of my recent transfer was spent on my building project.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($271 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt fine when I received the cash transfer from Givedirectly money. When I came home, my wife and I began to discuss on what to do with the money. We planned on how to send our children to school, buy some mattresses and on how to save some of the money for future used. We have been sleeping in beds that are very flat which hurts our bodies when we gets up from sleep in the morning. With this money, I am able now to make my family live a better life.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I have been living a life that is so sorrowful. Since I started to receive this cash transfer from Givedirectly my life has started to change positively. I have bought some mattresses for me and my family, I have also send my children back to school to have a better future, a future that is going to be far better than what they had before.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
We have been sleeping in cold beds but with this cash transfer I was able to buy mattress, send my children to decent school to better up their future and also save some of my money for other emergency issues.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I want to make a small business to take care of my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I'm happy now because of Givedirectly coming to our town.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I got smart children, but i can't afford to send them to school. This is my biggest problem.