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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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 am Mamie Varney from Duplicate Village, Bomi county Liberia. I decided to take my husband to hospital for medical check up.He been sick for the past three years and doctors advised that he should visit the hospital monthly for check up. I saved the balance money for emergency purpose and payment of my Kids second semester tuition.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Givedirectly is a creditable organization. I was told that I will receive cash transfer in four installment and I did received all the cash transfer according to schedule. The most interesting thing I noticed about Givedirectly is that their staffs are very committed to during their Job. They don't accept gifts and they always follow up to make sure that I receive cash transfer. I am so excited to see such a creditable organization in Liberia and went to appreciate those who contributed in helping me take my husband to hospital for medical treatment monthly and payment of my kids tuition. May the good God bless you all.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the my transfer money on medical expenses, payment of my kids second semester tuition and save the balance of emergency purpose.
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?
I planned to pay my children school fees,buy drugs for my husband, due to his health issues and save the balance for emergency purpose.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly transfer money to my mobile account at the time my husband was seriously sick and there was no money to take him to hospital. I took my husband to hospital upon receiving my first cash transfer. Since I started receiving money from Givedirectly my husband health is improving gradually. I will always remember this organization for helping me greatly. I appreciate Givedirectly so much. I am not aware of anything that Givedirectly didn't do well in this village.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I did payment of my children balance school fees, bought drugs and save the balance money.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($285 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?
The major plans for me have being how my husband can be healed from labour sickness and the second is my children school fees
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is one organization that is doing pretty well since they entered our town
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
To buy medicine for my husband and paid my children school fees
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($283 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 over happy because at the time the money came I was really in need of money to buy my husband medication
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My husband is suffering from labour problem and each time we buy the medicine is not always not easy to get the money, but today, we can just purchase without thinking where to take money from
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the money to purchased my husband medication, paid my children school fees and other households items
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I receive a cash transfer from GD, I intend to start a business on my own that will help me raise profit to pay my children school fees. Even though I am currently burning char coal and at the same time involved with subsistence farming (cassava farm), but the cash flow from these activities bring in are limited to start a formalize business and pay my children school fees. However, a cash transfer gift from Givedirectly will help tailored my desire to educate my children. More besides, I was only able to stopped in the 1st grade because of the civil war in Liberia in 1990 that force me into early marriage to fend for me and my family (parents). The man that I got married to could afford money that could support my family (parents and siblings), and that my parents were forced to allowed he takes me to marriage so as to meet our daily needs. Since my early marriage stopped me from achieving my education goals, I intend to do it for my children.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What makes me happy in the past six months is when a friend of mine, Musu Siaffa presented me with two buckets of rice for me and my family in July of this year. The gift was given me immediately after the 2:00 p.m. prayers on Friday. Even though I had soup prepared already and was planning to cook fufu because I didn't had any money to buy rice.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I am faced with right now is to cater to my children school fees and provide them the means to be able to learn and not get into early childhood marriage as I experienced during my upbringing. Taking care of them worries me everyday, even though I am managing that they attend the only public elementary school located in Kpagbola that does not adequately provide them the quality of education, but getting money to send them to a better school in Monrovia will make me feel happy instead. Because if they attend the schools that are in Monrovia, it will also reduce the risk that they might easily get attracted to boys that might proposed marriage to them. Also being aware of our tradition, I wouldn't be able to stopped the marriage, but I can rather averred by keeping them far from distraction.
