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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
With my first and second transfer, i was able to paid for all of my building materials like Zinc, nails, plant, sand and paid some money to the contractors.My third money was used for a new business to sustain my family when Givedirectly shall have left the community.I have not developed a new goal because I just started the business and I need more goods to continue with my support from the profit daily. Givedirectly is a great organisation. I will for ever remember Givedirectly.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Through the transfer, i brought enough goods and can now attest to my life improvement because with my daily profit, I am one of the happiest recipients in my community. My life is better than before. I am no more working as a daily hire before getting my family support
Givedirectly have brought joy in my life. Giving me this money is a happiness in my life. Givedirectly did well in my community with all the process. I appreciate Givedirectly so much. Let's God blessings following them.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Through this money, i was able to paid for additional goods for my new business i established from Givedirectly transfer. My source of livelihood had been on farming and some time working for community members just to get my family support. Since I received my money from Givedirectly, there is always happiness in my household especially my children.I can now afford my family support daily with out any stress. Thanks to Givedirectly for making my life better.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My primary goal is to build a new house for myself. I also want to change my son school and send him to Monrovia next school year. I'll like to expand my petty business. I have save some money from the business. Am grateful to Givedirectly for the opportunity given to me I'm so happy and proud of myself
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is doing good for me and my son. Through Givedirectly i have pay for all my house materials and at least i'm a petty business woman.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used some part of my money to improve my my father's house. I also bough mattress, and pay my son school fees.The balanced was used to buy food and other provision for the house. Many thanks to GiveDirectly for giving money that is changing my living status.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
When I received my transfer I was so happy and overwhelmed that day. My plan was to build my own house in my village, because I never had a house to called my owned, I was living in my father house with his family's, life was so hard for me until my children where all out of school, I will farm the whole day just to get food for my children. But when givedirectly came and started giving us money, my whole life began to changed. I started sending my children to school with the support of givedirectly. Now my new goal is to start a small business in my town. when givedirectly has leaves our village, I will be able to support my family on my owned.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has done very well in my life and that of our village. Givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses, givedirectly was able to paid my children school fees. Givedirectly give me money to buy mattress to sleep on. So I'm grateful to Givedirectly for their support. There's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought 2 bundle of iron sheets with 10 begs of cement, and also paid workmanship to start my building project. I bought enough of food and clothes for my children. I saved some money for their school fees. I am thankful to Givedirectly for their support
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The very day I received my payment, I had gone to visit my sister in Fandell before the alert came to my phone. That day when I had noticed it was the transfer from GiveDirectly, I felt like my hold world has just began. To receive this amount of money without working for it is like a miracle. I was very happy upon recieving this money, because I am now going to build my own house for my children and I to live in as of now. May God bless who so ever that sent this money and may God bless GiveDirectly workers for taking the risks on motorbikes to ride on this bad road all the way here to have us enrolled into the program.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started recieving payments from GiveDirectly I can proudly say, I am going to own my house now. Also, I am now able with the payments to solve other problems. Moreover, my children are not put out of classes because of the lack of full payments of their tuitions. I thank GiveDirectly for coming to our community to help us. I am really grateful. May God richly bless GiveDirectly so that they can go to other communities to help as they are doing for us.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have not cash out my transfer yet. However, when I shall have cashed it out, I am going to buy zinc and planks. My family and I have been living in one of the rooms in the house that my bigger sister build. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for this opportunity. I am going to make good used of it to improve my household living conditions.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I and my family have been struggling for money to substain me in school but it has been a challenging thing to do so by receiving the money I will immediately start doing a business that will substain me in school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I'm was really happy when my husband got a business man who bought all of our banana which enabled him to paid my full tuition fees last semester.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I'm facing a serious hard time with regularly paying my school fees.