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?
My new goal is to build my hose and improve my farm. Money had been my problem, but since Givedirectly started helping me with cash I am focus to do these things.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly did well by giving we the poor people cash to build comfortable houses. They are dokng this so well in my village.
I've not seen any fault or something Givedirectly is not good at for now
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I brought 13 pieces of two inches plank, two by 3 inches 17 pieces for the construction of a new house, and I also saved the rest to add up to buy other things needed for the construction.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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 did set new goal because I want achieve my first goal by cause so there's no need new set goal.
I want feel how it is to sleep under zinc roof house in the rainy season, my focus is my first goal which is building a new zinc roof house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I don't know if GiveDirectly will ever do bad/ wrong because from census, registration, enrolment, cash ransfer and both the first and second follow up visits of GiveDirectly staff I haven't seen or heard thing about them.
GD has proven conviencely that she a institution that came to improve our lives, there's no debut.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought planks for as per my goal and pay contractors to cut sticks/ local construction materials.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($264 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was brushing my farm on Monday morning when I saw a massage in my phone that I have received fourty thousand three seventy five from GiveDirectly. I was so happy, I pick up running from the farm straight to the village to tell my husband that GiveDirectly had sent the money. We both began to sing and praise God for what he has done in our lives through the help of GiveDirectly.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
In the past, things were very difficult for me, I did not have the financial strength to build my own house and send my children to school. But by the help of giveDirectly my children are in school, I'm in the Process of building my own house and my life is getting better every day. This makes me happy daily.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the money to buy three bondles of zinc, twenty five pieces of planks, ten parks of zinc nail to build my new house. I also used part of my money to pay my two children's school fees in Pleebo, and also paid people to brush my farm.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
What I plan to do with my cash transfer is, to build my own house within this town, where we're staying currently is my Mother-in-law's house, since we came from Ivory Coast to settle, this is where we took shelter, at times I feel embarrass in this place, most especially when their family's Guest come to visit, there is no enough sleeping capacity, so I want to have a place/house called my own too.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What brought me happiness in the last six months was, one of my close relatives surprised me with some cash in a timely manner, which was able to resolve some issues within my home, that gift really brought me happiness.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges I'm currently faced with are, firstly, the means of getting money is very tough, reason being, we came home in recent time, 'almost a year', so my husband normally asks for gun to hunt at night, when he kills animal then he sells it, this is how we survive in this place for now. Secondly, the issue of having my own house is a serious challenge, because we don't have farm, and nothing stable doing so getting money to start up this building project is difficult.
