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?
No i dont have no new goals i want to investing in farming with this transfer. Farming will help us get money or income even when GiveDirectly program is over. I don't have any new goals but planned to invest in farming which i will do.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly help people to improve their lives by their cash transfers which also make them to build their houses, send their children to school and make farms. Thank God for GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc , pay my childeen school fees and kept some money for my farm.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($284 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?
I did not have any new goals except to build my house. That was my dream because i live in my family house and iwas embarrass with the noise. Upon receiving the money i started building my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly always do good because she give me money to solve my problems like help me build my house.Thank God for GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought mattress, floormat, zinc nail. I also bought.6 gallon gas for her to burn coal to sell
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Whilst working on my farm, I saw my trustee running to me with information that Givedirectly had sent my money. I dashed my cutlass on the ground and ran to my farm's kitchen with dancing. I was very excited to the extend that I did not continue my farm work that day. I went back home and joined the other villagers whom I met singing and dancing in the town due to the same good news.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Before Givedirectly money, I usually begged people to survive. The difference in my daily life is that I now have my own money, and this brings me peace and respect. People are not looking down on me or insulting me like before, I have my own money to even pay people to do things for me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought two bundles of zinc to build a new house because family members have overcrowded my old house. I also bought six gallons of gas to start coal business and I paid people to cut my coal sticks- (1200LD for each gallon of gas summing up to 7200Ld). In addition, I paid some men to brush farmland to start a new farm.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Due to the present condition of this house, my plan is to renovate my house when I receive the transfer and also pay my children school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I'm grateful because I have a house of my own that alone make me happy. But I will be much more happier when I see myself renovating my house.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
One of the major challenge I'm face with my house. The house leaks during the rainy season and presently, I don't have money to carry on renovation.
I am a widow with my 2 boys. I have to ask people to help me with farming purpose inorder to have food for me and my 2 sons.
