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Irene
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
54
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 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?
No. My previous goal was renovating and furnishing my house. I couldn't achieve my plans due to lack of money. I was sleeping on the floor because the mattress that I was sleeping on got damaged. I used to put fufu in the water, prepare it and take it to the market and sell before providing for I and my grandchildren. My house was uncompleted. It wasn't plaster and there was no floor. However,after got enrolled on GiveDirectly program and started receiving my transfers,I immediately plaster my entire house and put floor to live a comfortable life. I used my previous transfers to buy 8 bags of cement, titles and put inside bathroom in my house and paid contractors that did the job.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Thank God for GiveDirectly. I used to walk in dust and and sleep on the floor but GiveDirectly gave me money to complete my house. I am so happy now waking on tiles,taking bath in an inside bathroom and my house is completed. I am forever grateful and indebted to the entire team at GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my most recent transfer to purchase mattress,the remaining ceilings for my house,food and start a new business to enable me sustain I and my grandchildren. GiveDirectly have made my life better now.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($275 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 previous goal remains which is to continue the renevation of my house. I have managed to plaster it both in and out and also lay the floor, my aim now is to fix the inside bathroom and toilet.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly is a dream come true, they have taking my life from mat to mattress. I'm indeed grateful to God for them. They have done me well, they are indeed a blessing and a people of integrity.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My transfer will be spent on buying additional materials to complete the renevation of my house. Materials like cement, tiles, comoe and etc. The remaining portion of the money will be spent on my children balance fees and food for my house.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($282 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I didn't believe what I saw when the message came in my phone. The moment I read the message on my phone, I was jumping with joy for the whole day at the same time checking my account every minute because I couldn't believe that my dream to complete my house and keep the promise made to my late husband was coming to reality. I became happy also because it was my very first time to received such a huge amount of money. GiveDirectly is nothing more than a dream come through. I am going to be complete my house and be happy again because of GiveDirectly.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life since I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly is that I now see my dream of completing my house coming to passed. Since the death of my husband, life had never been the same. Every money we had was spend on the funeral of my husband, since than I have not been able to raise money to complete the house project due to my poor health condition. With this transfer I bought cement, sand and paint to complete my house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I would not have ever been able to raise such money to finally complete this house. But with the help of GiveDirectly, my dream has come true. Most of my recent transfer was spend on buying of cement, sand and other building materials for the completion of my house. My family and I have been living in this unfinished house for a very long time. I am also happy for this transfer because I am going to use some of it to attend to my health. The remaining money was pay as workmanship to the contractors that are doing the work on my house.
 
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access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I will send my children to school and I will build another house when I receive Givedirectly transfer.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My joy over the past six months has been being alive, even though the problems of life
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My right eye is the my serious challenge as of now. It got blind a year ago and I have not been able to see with it. I have visited numerous of healthcare centers and there hasn't been much done to help me.