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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 am Neijay Washington from Dagweh town, Bomi county Liberia. Since I started receiving cash transfer from Givedirectly, My goal was to continue payment of my children school fees, and buy one lot of land in monrovia. I have accomplished my goal.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Givedirectly change the life of the community dwellers including me. In the past years life been very difficult for me and others in this village but thanks be to God for Givedirectly cash transfer program that has helped in changing our lives. I am so glad and want to extend thanks to Givedirectly for such a great help given us. This organization did well in this village and I am very pleased.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought one lot of land with my second, third and last cash transfer.
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 new goal is to purchase a land in po- river because I have been assigned in Dagweh town as a nurse, living in the city will be a serious challenge to my job but having a house around my assigned location will help reduce my living expenses.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by being very truthful in this program, at first we didn't believe that GiveDirectly could give us such an amount because we haven't seen things like this before. We had doubts about the program, everything is now clear to us because we have seen the reality. They are also straight and fair in their processes of sending the transfers to recipients. I don't know anything that GiveDirectly is not doing well, they are doing everything okay.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have not yet withdrawn my recent transfer but I intend to add it to the last transfer so that I can complete the full amount charged for the land that I want to purchase.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($296 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?
Yes. My actual plan for me was to buy land and build a modern house
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
On the overall average, Givedirect have done extremely well in almost of its activity.
Givedirect promised to give us money and it happening and we are receiving the money
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have planned to buy a land and build a house
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was so happy that I can't described. I am speechless because it's my first time receiving this kind of money free of charge especially as a health worker.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life is that, I wait for government salary which is always delayed and my son always out of school because of that. But with the transfer I received, I was able to pay my kid entire school fees.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I pay my son school fees, bought food for my house and save the balance.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I'm qualified for the cash transfer, I will use my money to do used clothes business and also pay for my child's education. I feel that when I do business with the money, it will multiply and tomorrow when I'm asked what I did with it, I can show things that will help make those that give us the money to be happy.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My son and myself were able to see another year added to us. I was also able to receive money from friends.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I want to continue my education and do my masters but I'm currently not able because of financial difficulties. My foster mother who used to help me with my son's school fees also died and this has brought some financial difficulties to me and my family
