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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($281 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?
Many thanks to Givedirectly for their support. My plan was to improved my house that I build before givedirectly can come into my village. But before than I wasn't having the money to accomplish my plan. I'm so thankful that I was enrolled on this program to accomplish plans.
I am a farmer and my income was very low to accomplish my plan. But I'm so grateful to Givedirectly for their support.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion givedirectly did very well in my life and that of our village. Givedirectly was able to enrolled our entire village. Givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses. There's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I withdraw my money I was able to six (6 ) begs of cement that cost 9,500 LD. I also bought enough foodstuff for my family. And i used part of my transfer on my children school fees.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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'm so happy that I was enrolled on this program. My plan was to improved my house. That been my plan, but I'm a farmer, my income was very low to accomplish my plan. I will have to farm the whole day just to get money to paid my children school fees and provide food for them. Life has been so hard on me, but with God I'm still strong.I'm also grateful to Givedirectly for their support. When givedirectly came into my village, luckily for me I was successful and started receiving money. My life began to change, we used to eat one time a day, but now we eats twice a day. I have a saving now. Where in, when givedirectly goes I will be able support my children in school. Many thanks to Givedirectly for changing my life condition.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly has done very well in my life and that of our village, givedirectly was able to enrolled our entire village, givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses, givedirectly has changed my life for the better. My children are all healthy and in school all because of givedirectly support. There's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received my transfer I was very much happy that day. I was able to spend my transfer on buying 10 begs of Cement that cost $ 18,000LD. I also bought one solar panels that cost $70 USD. I bought flow mat that cost $3000LD. And the rest of the money I was able to buy enough foodstuff for my family.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($279 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 actually thought of building a new house but my wife did advice me to use the payment and buy cement to plaster the house and put floor. My focus now is to see my house being plastered with cement and the floor covered with concrete. In addition, when I shall have finished with the plastering and floor putting, my plan is to buy paint and paint the entire house for it to look beautiful.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion GiveDirectly does well by allowing me to decide what to do with my money. People have different priorities, what I want it is not what you want but by allowing me to decide what to do with the money given me is well in the right direction and I can proudly say that GiveDirectly is the number one organization I have seen that the workers do not accept a gift from the recipients.
I have not seen anything yet that GiveDirectly is doing wrongly since the day it commenced work in this community.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Through the transfers I was able to buy zinc and nails to reroof my house. I was able to buy cement bags to plaster and put floor in my house. Even the guy that did all the masonry work on the house it was from the transfer I received from GiveDirectly I was able to paid him. I am so grateful to GiveDirectly for this opportunity. I never thought of plastering my house but with the money GiveDirectly gave me I am now able to plaster my house and hire someone to work for me.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was on my farm underbrushing my garden when the message came to my phone that I have received forty thousand three hundred seventy five dollars from GiveDirectly. I stopped working and went to the farm kitchen where my wife and the children were. With a smile, I told her that our money from GiveDirectly has been sent.
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 recieving payments from GiveDirectly is that I have all of my children now in school. With the payments I am now able to buy cement that will plaster and put floor in my house. GiveDirectly thank you for this life changing opportunity. I am going to make good use of it. May the almighty God bless GiveDirectly for the hard work.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have been thinking about improving my house but there have been no finances to work on this house. Now that I have this opportunity I am going to buy cement to plaster and floor in my house. I will also pay my children's school fees with portion of my payments. Thank GiveDirectly for this opportunity I am going to make maximum use of it.
Enrolled
access_time almost 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My plan is the to beautify the house( plaster, put floor, paint and funitures). As you can see the house is not plaster and the floor aswell, the dust can really give us hard time, all of our clothes and dishes gets dusty and we even come down with fresh cold.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months it was last month that brought joy to me. I have 5 children, two is in the city , one in Buchanan, and the others lives with us. Of recent I have been over worried about there tuition and as God could have it, my oldest sister in Buchanan took the one that stays with her burden from my head.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My major challenge now is money. As the saying goes, money answered everything. I want to beautify my house, sent my children good school and eat good food but I can't do them, because of Money.
