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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
I plan to do a business, I plan to buy food for the house, l plan to improve my house with a new roof and I also plan to buy clothes for my children.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly gave me money to improve my life, gave me phone and sim card. I could not afford money to buy phone and sim card on my own. But it was through give directly that I am now owner of phone. I am so happy to give directly for all the good things that give directly has done for me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought clothes for my children, I bought zinc to improve my house with a new one, I bought food for the house and I also started a new business.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
My plan have been how to get my children to school, because of money and Givedirect came to my town and gave me money to support my children back to school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I do appreciate Givedirect for the level of commitment to support us with cash to deliver us from porvety.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am planning to buy one mattress,flood mat and wearing clothes for ourselves
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($286 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I was worrying about my children school fees, because I have no one to support them and the money came which of course I am so thankful to God.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I am so thankful to God first and Givedirect fo the kind of help to me, because I don't have any one to help me with my children school fees and God sent them to help.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am planning to pay the school fees,buy one mattress for myself, food and use the balance for small business to help
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($283 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my transfer I was happy
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Since I received my transfer my life has improved, I was able to pay my children fees and buy food for my house
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on my children's school fees and small business
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I'm successfully enrolled in to Give Directly's cash transfer program, I have two major things that I want to do with my money.
Firstly, I want to make a business to enable me pay my children school fees and
Secondly, if the money is sufficient to build house, I will start buying my house materials and later try to build my own house for my children and myself,since their father and I are no longer together.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What has brought me joy or happiness is whenever I wake up in the morning alive and seeing my children growing up and healthy, though we are facing series of problems but these alone can bring me Joy or happiness.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I'm currently facing series of challenges but mostly the lack of money is the main one because right now I want to sent my children to school but no money to enable me do that and we don't have food for ourselves because of the same lack of money.
Another challenge that I am currently facing is, I don't have a spouse. Like I told you earlier, my children father left me and since then things haven't been fine with me and my children.
