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Janet
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
41
workCampaign
Liberia Large Transfer
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3rd 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?
RE: My children have always been a major priority to me as a mother, therefore being able to educate them is a dream come through. Paying my children school fees have been a serious challenge over the passed years, especially with the number of children we have. But now with the help from givedirectly transfers it is not is impossible which am overly grateful for.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
RE: Givedirectly is doing very well from the enrolment process up to present their system is really in good. Every individuals from givedirectly that had been coming here to talk to me over tume had been kind and friendly. With this overwhelming support give givedirectly is giving my community and i, i do not see or have I observed anything negative about givedirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE: We will be spending the most of our transfer on educating our children. In so doing, we have decided to strengthen our little business we had before the coming of givedirectly, so if givedirectly leaves we will still be able to maintain our children in school and take care of the family as well.
 
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 do not have any new goals before receiving this transfer. It is still my usual goal of supporting my children educations. My husband and i cannot afford our 7children educations fees. My husband carved canoe for living. His income is little and not regular. It is mostly used to provide meal for the house. This third transfer will enable us to support our children in school. Most especially our oldest child who has just graduated from high school and is about to go to college.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I am very happy for GiveDirectly coming to Gbagbo's Town. Because of GiveDirectly I can now pay for my child college education. This organisation means everything to my family and me. Getting my son to college is a dream come true and for this i am so thankful to the family of GiveDirectly. To be frank, i do not know or hear any wrong so far about this organisation.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My third transfer will be spend on paying school fees for my oldest child who has just graduated from high school. He is about to attend the University of Liberia to further is education. My husband and I have been finding ways to raise money to enrol him in college. But we have not been lucky enough. This transfer will be spend on paying his college tuition fees, his house rent and buying other needy college materials.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($282 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy. in fact, it was like a dream to me. I shared tears of joy because,it was my first time receiving such huge money from someone who I had not done something for or who doesn't know me at all more to that something I was not expecting happen like that. I am so grateful to Give Directly for coming to our aid because things was very hard on me and my husband.The little thing we used to do to get some cash to feed the family and pay children school fees is no longer going. Things had become very hard to the extend that all of our customers have gone away.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Things has become very easy for me and my family. I'm so thankful to the family of Give Directly for giving us hope of living again.Before the intervention of Give Directly program, things were very difficult for us. We used to farm and lay baskets just to feed the family. At times, my husband will do daily hire work. Helping people to craft canoes just to feed the family. Things became very difficult to the extend that my husband couldn't find daily hire job. As such, the entire burden was on me. I used to lay baskets before we can eat. Our children were not attending again because of the hardship. All of them were sent out of school because of their last year school fees we owed. I started declining day by day due to hard thinking there was no hope at all. Things started getting worse and worser. However, when Give Directly enrolled me on the program and when I got my first transfer, I settled my children school issues and feeding.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
School fees
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I will make business and send my children to school .
What is the happiest part of your day?
What make me happy is when I am getting money.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My challenges now is my children to school fees.