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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($340 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
my family and i are living a very happy health like we have enough food at my home and were sleeping on a very healthy environment sleep again I have started a popcorn selling businessmaking extra money for the family
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
giving us money that should help our lives in the villages is the best thing that Give directly did well, most of the NGOs lie to us they promise things but they never deliver unlike Give directly which gave us huge sum amount of money that most of us in the villages have never had in our lives
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
just after I received the money from Give directly I went straight to hardware shops and bought cement then I bought burnt bricks and sand iam just waiting for the rains to stop so that I should start constructing a new big strong house
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($351 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
i was very happy
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
am staying in a good house now and am able to feed my family everyday which was a challenge
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
i bought iron sheet, bricks and food
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
It will mean alot since i am no longer with my husband i will start businesd
What is the happiest part of your day?
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What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
