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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Have no new goal. My house construction is still my goals
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly i just sorry am not God if I was God is only Givedirectly I was going blessing.
Can you imagine since was born non of plans have come reality fortunately for me Givedirectly make my dream to come pass, I have say but thank you father God.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought planks 2600 for planks nails carton is 6000.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 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 don't have a new goal since my first goal has not been achieved.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing well everything well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid chainsaw workers to saw planks for the construction of rhe construction of my new house.
2nd 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?
The recipient is still in process of achieving their first goals.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing well because, it's through their help we are able to build a decent house and also send your children's to school in this village.
In my own mind GiveDirectly is not doing nothing wrong to us.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought one bundle of zinc, three packs of nails, and one bag of rice.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($262 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was doing brushing on the farm when I heard the beep on the phone I picked up the phone; I brought the phone to my trustee to read, he told me is givedirectly who sent you money. I was so happy I began to dance immediately after the dance I went to Pleebo to cash out the money.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I been a casual laborer who do daily hire to survive but building a house has not been easy for me. Since Givedirectly have given me this money I want to build a house for myself.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought two bundles of zinc, food stuff and save the remaining cash for future use.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am successful to receive the cash transfer, I will build my own house, because the house I am in presently is not my house.
I have been praying and working for people to be able to raise money to build my own house. But the work I doing doesn't really give me the amount of my I need to do that. So if GD live up to her promise and send me the cash, I will build my own zinc house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Yes, few weeks ago I was completely out of food. The person I am working for here was in Monrovia and I was not able to each him during that entire week so he would send me food. Due to that, I went to a business woman in one of the communities here and she gave me one 25kg bag of rice on credit. She did it and that I was really happy for because it is not easy for someone to credit anyone here easily.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The main challenge for me is to have my own house. And to have that, I need to have cash. But the daily hire I do here to raise that cash, is not earning me much money from to be able to save some to handle my major challenge.
