We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I had plans to build my house
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm planning on improving my house
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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?
We have plans to build our house after we got to know that Givedirect money was not a blood money
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirect is extremely doing well in our town and I must appreciate them for the assistance, they continue to give to us.
I highly appreciate it and I am thankful to God
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought house materials and the other money I used it on the farm for fertilizers and other farming tools
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($269 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
At that moment I was really thinking how to pay my children school fees and fortunately I saw the money in my phone,it was a great blessing to me and my family
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The difference is before then I was used to struggle before I can get money to pay my children school fees and even to buy food, but now I am okay with everything
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The money was used to pay school fees and one of my daughter was graduating from high school, I also used some on her
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"What I plan to do with my cash transfer is to build house, reason being, our current house is too small to contain the entire family, the sleeping capacity is small, and the family size has increased. This will take immediate effect upon receiving my transfer, and it will be done right in this town, on my land. Another thing I will do with my transfer is to pay my children's school fees."
What is the happiest part of your day?
"ln the last six months, what brought me joy is, I haven't gotten sick, neither my wife nor any of my children, so this always brings me joy when ever l think of it."
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"Those challenges I'm currently facing are, paying my children's school fees, it's so difficult for me because I'm not doing any pay jobs, with the exception of my farming activities and that of burning charcoal. The work is so hard and the cash we gather from our produce can not be enough to pay all of the children's school fees and feed them at the same time. Another challenge is the issue of building my house, it draws down to not generating enough fund from the produce of my crops and that of my charcoal/fire coal burning, so the little money we get from these activities can't build, school, and feed the children."
