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Charles
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
46
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Liberia Large Transfer
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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?
Before receiving transfer from GiveDirectly, I am fisherman who was always doing daily hired on other people Canon for my family and I livelihood. With this life there was not much improvements done in the lives of my family. Excitingly, since I started receiving transfers from GiveDirectly, it has served as light to our world. Since then, I immediately decided to built a new house because that was one of my goals. Therefore, I used most of my three transfers and bought building materials such as zinc, zinc nail, roofing nail, planks and others. Now with my recent transfer, I decided to buy my own fishing canon and nets. And I am hopeful that the fishing activities will serve as source of income for my family and our lives will definitely change for the better. Thanks to Give Directly for this opportunity given me financially.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done so much for me that I cannot comprehend. They have brought so much hopes and dreams to lights through their tireless efforts and sacrifices to see the lives of we the needy change for the better with their financial assistance. And they deserves my thanks and appreciation always. We are very fortunate to be part of this unique program. Therefore, in my judgement GiveDirectly has not done anything that is not well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
After receiving my recent transfer from GiveDirectly, because of my new goal to empower myself financially and also employ others, I used the money and bought a fishing Canon and fishing nets. Now with the fishing activities going on, I am optimistic that soon and very soon the income will be just enough to take care of my family and I daily needs especially to complete my building project and all my kids will be able to continue their education. And I am very excited to be an employer to other fathers who will also be able to earn extra cash for their from the fishing job to support their family.
 
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 am a farmer. Things have been hard on my family. We struggle to male farm just to be able to get food to eat. Our house has been leaking for some time now. I have not been able to change the roof because of insufficient funds. My goal has been to build a new house. I am so excited for this GiveDirectly cash program. This is a dream come true for my family. I was happy when I received my transfer. Our lives will never be the same again.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion GiveDirectly does not do anything wrongly. It gives us unlimited cash and ask for nothing in return. The cash program helps us cater to our needs. It reduces our stress. That is amazing. That they don't accept gifts of goodwill from us as villagers makes us feel a bit bad. That is just our way of appreciating them for giving us money that we don't do any work for. GiveDirectly is helping us improve our lives and we grateful for this.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am so grateful to God for this program. This cash program is a dream come true for my family. Our house has been in a very bad condition. The roof leaks during rainy season. I have not been able to change it due to lack of money. I can hardly afford to feed my family. I was overwhelmed when I received my transfer. I bought zinc and some other materials to build my house. I saved rest of the transfer to pay the contractors.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($267 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 over joy and was very excited. For a long time I wanted to build a house of my dream. After been enrolled on this program my dreams started to become a reality. I'm going to build the house that I always wanted to build.Now I'm going to have a decent home for my family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The difference in my daily life is that I now wake up feeling relief when I see men working on my house. One difference in my daily life is that my kids now sees me as real father because I was able to also put roof over their house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I couldn't think of anything else then to bring my dream of building a house to pass. I hurrily bought zinc to build the house I always wanted to build. It has always been my dream to own a house and because of this program I'm now going to be a house owner.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If am qualified to be on this program and i received this money i will make business and build my house, although i have hose but this is not the one i really want as my dream house so i will built my dream house in this money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The only thing that brought joy and happiness to me was when my daughter give birth, she was pregnant when her husband died so she was so worry in the pregnant so when she give birth savely i was very excited.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges am facing right now is money problem. I don't have money, and money is the only thing that can solve my problem because i have so many tbings on mind to do with money but i don't have it so that my main challenge for now.