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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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Yes I do have a new goal which is to build a new house in Fish Town, the capital city of River Gee County.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing well everything well and I want to encourage them to continue serving humanity in this unprecedented manner.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought two bundles of zinc with my most recent transfer. The zinc is intended to build a modern house for myself and my family.
Enrolled
access_time 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I'm successful to receive the Give Directly cash transfer I intend to send some of the children that are not in school to obtain quality and higher education to be able to help me when I get very old. I have 11 children and 4 are currently in school the rest are not in school due to lack of money. They have dropped out of school for 5 years now. Seeing my kids out of school as a father makes me feel fatherless. Though I'm engaged in farming the money I earned from the farm is what I spend on food and paying the 4 children's tuition fees. I want to send all of my children to school but there's no money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last 6 months what has brought me joy or happiness is being alive to be enrolled on the Give Directly program to improve my livelihood. I have to pray to God for my town to be selected now my town has been selected I'm so happy and satisfied.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest challenge currently is the lack of money for education, for my 11 children. As a father, I dropped out of school, at the age of 14 years old due to financial constraints and I don't want this to happen to my children. I have to farm to support my children and I have been on the farm work since I was young now am old I don't have enough strength, but I have to work just to be able to get food for my family. Seeing some of the children not being able to go to school is embarrassing for me but I don't have the money to send them to school.
