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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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?
I plan to pay my children WAEC fees and I also plan to improve my house with a new roof.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly did well for me and this transfer help me to send my children school fees.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc to improve my house with a new roof and I have also paid my children WAEC fees.
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?
My entire life have been how to build a house when ever God bless me in the future and fortunately My plans have come to fillfiled through Givedirect assistance
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
The thing that Givedirect been doing for me since they entered our town, I can't not name then all, but God knows and I appreciate them highly for the assistance
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc and I paid my children WAEC fees for those who are taking WAEC this year and paid school fees for those who are in others classes
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($285 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 new goals which is to educate my children and build a house for my family.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Givedirectly is doing everything well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm planning on buying building materials with my recent transfer to start my house project.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($283 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I feel happy because, I was not able to send my children to school because of lack of money.but after receiving this transfer from give directly, I was able to paid my children school fees. I was really dancing after receiving this money.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
At first, I was worrying too much on how to pay my children school fees because, I was burning chal coal and there is no one to even buy the chal coal at the right time to send my children school fees. After receiving the transfer from give directly, I started sending my children to school at away.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid my children school fees and I also bought them some school materials.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I planned to invest my cash from this transfer in agriculture ( vegetable production). I have been in the agriculture business for more than 27 years and have realized that it is rewarding. You can not realize it profitability in the absence of cash. I will not realize anything from it if I can not cultivate a very large garden and is not achievable in the absence of cash to pay for external Labors.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Just in this month, one of my customers send me 5 gallons of gasoline to burn fire coal and that brought joy to me. I am not going to pay anything for the gas in return, she sent it so I can help myself. That makes me very happy. I was happy because a gallon of gasoline now is around 700 Liberian Dollars close to 5 USD, that is a huge cash for me at this time.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My main challenge now is finance to pay my children school fees. The cash l am generating from the garden is not sufficient to do everything for the household.
