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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3rd 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?
My new goal is to buy land and build my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly and her staffs are doing well in the way they talk to us. They are very kind, patient and fair in what they do.
Really I do not know right now what Givedirectly can not do well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent most of my transfers to buy a plot of land.
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?
I have a new goals that I plan to achieve with the help of GiveDirectly Cash transferred. I want to purchase a plot of land in our capital city fish town to build my house for my family, In our village we don't have a better school, so in the future I want my kids to leave from the village to attend a school that will give them a better education. Upon receiving all my remaining transfer from GiveDirectly I will complete the payment for the land and start my house construction work.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion GiveDirectly should continue with their Free Cash transferred program, because it is reliable and secure.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I want to purchase a plot of land in our capital city fish town to build a house for my family. I have started the payment already, Upon receiving all my remaining transfer from GiveDirectly I will complete the payment for the land and start my house construction work.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very excited when My first transfer hit my account. My plan has been to purchase land and build a house in Fish Town for my children. I couldn't afford due to lack of money. So when I received my first transfer, I made a part payment of one lot of land in Fish Town. I will use the second payment to complete the land cost and start the construction. This is where my children will live to continue their education after completing elementary education in the village.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I was able to pay part payment of a land where my children will live.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Upon receiving my transfer, I paid advance for a lot of land in Fish Town.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I receive the cash transfer I plan to build another house for my family in Fish town; It has been my dream to move with my children in Fish town because ther is the only school available in this town does not have teachers and there is no clinic; I have to send some of them in pleebo for schooling and the others are here not going to school. Those of them in pleebo is very costly because I have to pay their rentage and provide their food and pay their school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months what has brought me joy or happiness is the birth of my last daughter in May; I was happy because I had 4 boys with a girl before the birth of this one. When I hear that my wife give birth to girl I was very happy because it was my wish.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenges we are face with is food, due to our location nothing else can be done except farming and what we produce on the farm is not enough to carry us for a year.
