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Sarah
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
52
workCampaign
Liberia Large Transfer
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4th 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?
The new goal I have set before receiving this transfer is to hired cashual workers to saw planks and start building my house foundation. I am grateful to Givedirectly for the cash support. I am currently living in an old thacth house that leaks.. Receiving this transfer is a great help for me. I have been thinking about means to generate momey to build another house and relocate with my family. Due to hardship, I couldnot accomplish my planned . Thanks to for the support for empowering me financially. . I believe that with my transfer, I am going to build decent house in this village.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Givedirectly is doing well. Givedirectly offered everyone in this village with freed cash. Givedirectly also introduced the usage of mobile money in this Village. Many people did not know about how mobile money works.Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. There is no system in GiveDirectly that needs improvement.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my most recent transfer to hire 3 cashual workers to start building my house . I also paid one power saw operator to saw 100 pieces of planks for the house roofing . I am surprised for the kind of helped Givedirectly did for me. Since birth, I have been living in this old thacth house. , I want to build zincs house where I can move along with my family.I am grateful to Givedirectly for empowering me financially . I believe that few months from now, my dreamed to build decent house will soon come to pass.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($279 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?
When I received my transfer my dreams was to build my owned house in my village. The house I'm living in right now is a very old house. A been my dream to change it, but I never had the support to do so. With the help of givedirectly my life has changed and my dreams has come to passed. Now my new goals is to extend my building with 2 additional rooms added for my children. I'm so happy that I was enrolled on this program.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I'm so happy right now with the support from givedirectly. givedirectly has done very well in my life and that of our village, with the help of givedirectly I was able to start improving my old house in my village. Because of givedirectly support my children are all in school. GiveDirectly has changed our entire village with so many new building. There's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well. Givedirectly has done everything thing well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received my transfer I was able to buy 2 bundle of iron sheets that cost 20,300LD. and I also bought 20begs of Cement that cost 18,500 LD. The rest of the money I was able to paid the workmanship and buy enough foodstuff for my family and the workers.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($300 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?
Before than I used to brush people farms the whole day just to get money to buy food for my family and I, my incomes was very low, but my plan was to build a house in my village , because right now I'm living in my father house with his family's. Now with the first transfer I received I decided to build a big house in my village with just three rooms. But knowing that I have received my second transfer now My new goal is to extend the room in the house I am building. when I received my transfer I felt Very happy and rejoicing because that was my dream to build my own house in my village. . But now seeing myself been help by givedirectly, I'm very happy because my dream has come to passed.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly did very well in my life and that of our village. With the help of givedirectly our children are all healthy and in school, there are also so many new building in our village. all because of givedirectly. There's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to buy 2bundle of iron sheets that costs 26,000LD to build my own house. With part of my transfer, I was able to paid my children school fees, I bought enough of food for my family. Before than I never had money to even build a house, to even get food for my family used to be very difficult for me. But now I'm grateful to Givedirectly that I was enrolled on this program
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 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 at my backyard cleaning up when my son came to me running and shouting, mama where is your phone, others just saw their money. I horribly hand over my phone to him and we went to network coverage site to check my mobile money balance . When I saw my transfer, I couldn't believed the moment. I was repeatedly asking whether it was true . This was an exciting moment for me. I kept laughing and thanking Givedirectly for sending me cash transfer . As it stands, I am a proud mommy in this Village. My challenge had been how to take care of my three children schooling. The only means to generate money is for me to make cassava farm. Cassava grow rich in this village but we sell them very cheap because of bad road conditions. Getting this transfer is like a dream to me. This is my first time to hundle huge money free without working for it. I am grateful to Givedirectly for the kind gesture . I believe that with my transfer , My worries are all over.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference made in my daily life since I received transfers from GiveDirectly is, I am now relief from school fees stress. I never used to sit with my family in the house to lecture at night because I was worring about how to generate money to pay my children school fees. As of now, I am the best lecturer in my home. Many thanks to GiveDirectly for restoring my hope. I believe that with Givedirectly cash transfer to me, my dream to see my children educated has come to pass.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I uesd my most recent transfer to buy 2 bundles of 14gage white zinc. I want to build a new house. I am tired living in old thatch house that always leak when rains fall. SecondIy, my children education had been my major worried. I used some of the money to paid their school fees. I am grateful to Givedirectly for the cash support. I believe that with receiving this transfer, my worries are now over.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My first priority is for my children to be educated. Therefore, if I get this money I will use it to send my children to school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What made me happy is when my husband was recently called for a workshop and he brought money that we used to solve some of our home problems.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My husband is not able to make farm to sustain the family now, which cause our family to starve some days and not get our daily needs. That's the challenge I'm faced with.