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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 USD)
access_time almost 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Yes definitely, I have new goals and my new goals are,to expand my cocoa farm to three acres.This new expansion, when completed, It will increase my future output, which will help me to earned more income from my sales.
Also, with my last transferred I have planned to hire more workers to help me with the brushing and clearing.With this new goals I have set,I believe the prospect of my future will be brighter and my kids will live a happy life.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion GiveDirectly is doing well in helping poor people through her direct cash transfer approach.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am very happy that I was enrolled in this program.I am a small holder Cocoa farmer and I am currently farming on 2 acres of farm land.
My planned has been, to expand to three acres but I could not do it, Because of lack of finance.
When I started receiving transferred from GiveDirectly I decided to hire additional workers to help me to brush and clear the farm. Lastly, I used my remaining transferred to paid my kids balance tuitions.
3rd 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?
Jack before GD came, I planned on increasing my cocoa farm to a very big one but could not be realized that due to lock of funding. My entire life I wanted to plant cocoa around 5 to 10 acre but there was no enough money. It was an opportunity when I was enrolled as a recipient on the GD program and received my first and second transfers. With the first and second transfers, I was able to buy additional land to extend my cocoa farm.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Firstly, I want to take this time to say a very big thanks to Give Directly for services rendered us during the entire enrollment process was very transparent. You did a great and excellent job.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to buy more cocoa to plant and paid people to cut the bush to extend my farm.. I was also able to buy food for the children. Thanks to the entire Give Directly family for the transfer that brought relieve to us as farmers.
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 felt very happy when I received the cash transfer, because it assisted me with my farming work. I'm a volunteer teacher, and survived on farming.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference the cash transfer made in my life was to assist in paying labourers reducing the stress on me by working on my farm. Thanks to Give Directly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought chemical for my farm work, and then paid labourers to work on my farm.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
As a volunteer teacher who realizes on farming and garden to survive, I have planned to build a house and invest in my children education as well as in coacoa farming. I graduated from Karweaken high school in 2017 and subsequently returned to our home in Yargbeken to teach as a volunteer. I have absolutely no foundation to start from because my parents are poor . I should have extended my education if my father would has had the means to support me . The reason I have vowed to establish a means of accumulating finance to support my many plans .
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am so happy the fact I am contributing to my home in terms of educating the little children. Our School system is so bad that the children are learning sub-standard materials. I appealed to my fellow volunteer teachers for to end this academic school year and they consented to my appeal; condition that brought joy and happiness to me up to now the fact the children will continue their schooling.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Being a volunteer teacher in a remoted location is a challenge. My home is a delapetated structure and it is almost in a state of collapse because of the lack of money. I have to move to my father house for refuge since the condition of my house began worse. It is frustrating to graduate from high school and return home without extending your education. I have to do so because I have absolutely no means to gather resources to push me forward . My main challenge as of now is the lack of accumulating finance to build a and when I am opportune to receive the unconditional cash transfer from GiveDirectly, I will definitely use it to construct myself a house .
