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?
We are actually building a new house with our money. We don't have any new goal now and have decided to invest every money from Givedirectly into our construction process so that when the program faceout, we will have something to remember.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is doing absolutely well. Some of us had the desire to build and send our children to school, but there was no money to execute such plan. For the fact that they have added value to us and gave us voice to be heard in public is something that we appreciate and will not forget the name Givedirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My husband and I have six children and three of them have relocated to Monrovia in pursue of quality education, but the payment of rent is a great challenge. We used our money to purchase cement and paid contractors to build the house.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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 plans are to build my house and pay my children tuitions.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givediretly is doing well because i can now afford to build my house and pay my children tuitions.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought my house materials like zinc,nail and plank.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($285 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Someone came to my house to tell us that they received their message. Ii was so happy and grateful when i received the transfer message at the network area. My chilfren school fees and my house roofing was so important to me but i couldn't get money to sollve my problems. When i withdrew the money sent i hurriedly paid my children's school fees and bought materials for the roofing for the house. GiveDirectly has brought so much joy to me i want to say a big thank you to them.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference now in my daily life is that i wake up every morning knowing that i can execute my plans that i had on mind with the all the money that i will received
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid my children school fees and a bought a bundle of zinc with other materials fo the house.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"I have a lot of good plans for the money, upon receiving this money, I will send my children to school, because there is no good school in our town, and my husband is not working to support the family fully.
I will also build a decent house for my children, so that they can have a better place to sleep.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What brought happiness to me for the past 6 months was that, I'm grateful to God that my husband is not sick, and my children are all well, because my husband is well, he is able to do some hard labour jobs, to substained the family.
Hearing about Give Directly program also brought a great joy to me,in the sense that, if my family and I are qualified for the program, our lives with change.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I have lot of challenges that I'm going through right now in my home now, my spouse is not working, because of that the is no money to send my kids to school.
So if I received the money, I will be able to put some of the money in business, and paid my children school fees with the rest of the money. Getting food is also a major challenge for us too.
