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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have three children who were not in school because financial difficulty. My children have been out of school before receiving the transfer. My new goal before receiving the transfer was to build my house and pay my children tuitions. We have been living in in an unfinished house for so long. It had been my plan to complete my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly had done very well for me and my family. My children are in school because of GiveDirectly intervention. I have completed my house because of GiveDirectly. GiveDirectly had not done anything wrong.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I Spent my most recent transfer on my children education. I sent potion of the money to my children who in Zwedru and Gbarnga. The money was sent to pay their school fees. This has kept them in school. The balance money was used to buy building materials to complete my house.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 USD)
access_time almost 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 no new goals after I received this transfer because my goals were to send my children to school and have my house renovated and I just continue with the same plans.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion Give Directly did extremely well for my me and my family and because of that I am so happy that my children didn't dropped from school.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The recent transfer I received was spend on house material and my children school fees.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($247 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 have not changed my goals, my goals are to pay my children school fees and improve my house as well.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I have not seen or heard anything that GiveDirectly is doing wrong, GiveDirectly is like a small god to me in my life.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my recent money to buy cement to put flood in my house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($233 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment was so amazing and unbelievable to have seen an organization to give suck a huge money to people unconditionally. My family and I were dancing and singing praises to God Almighty for GiveDirectly.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Since I have started receiving this transfer, the biggest difference in my life is my son who is now in good school acquiring quality education on a daily basis.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on my children tuition and bought few bags of cement.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I had a contract with the Ministry of Health in the month of March 2017 as Community Health Assistant(CHA) for five years but the contract ended in March 2021.
The money I earned from the job I was doing, I used it to build my houses and pay my children tuitions.
Because my contract ended, my husband and I began making farm in April 2021 as means of sustaining our family.
The money we earn from the farm proceed is use on food and medical care. Even as we speak, one of my sons is out of school because I can't afford to pay his tuition any longer.
I feel bad at times seeing my son out of school, while his friends are in school but I'm not financially potent enough to meet up with my obligation.
However, if I received this money I will used some to pay his tuition and use the balance to renovate my house in fish town because one saide of it has broken down.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months what has brought me joy or happiness is when the District Health Office told me that there will be a renewal of our contract anytime in this year. It brought me so much joy because since my last contract ended, things have been difficult for me so gettingg back to work will enable me earn money to cater to our needs as a family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges I'm currently facing now are getting money to pay my son tuition and renovating my house.
Although I had a contract with the Ministry of Health as Community Health Assistant (CHA) for five years(5) in March 2017 and ended in March 2021, the money I earned from the job I was doing, I use some to pay my son tuition and used the balance to build two houses, one in this town and one in fish town where my daughter was attended school.
When my contract ended my husband and I started making farm to sustain the family but the money we earn from the farm proceeds is not enough to pay my son tuition least to mention of renovating our house.
I will appreciate any help from GiveDirectly in order to pay my son tuition and renovate my house.
