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4th 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?
My first goal was to buy a motorcycle so that I can run it as a business, this goal has been achieved when I received my first, second, and third transfers. My new goal is to rebuild my house because it is not a good condition anymore, I believe with this motorcycle business I'm doing, I will achieve this goal very soon.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by helping us unconditionally to change our lives, they have done everything possible to make sure we receive our transfers and they help in every way possible to settle some problems we had; I don't have anything to say about GiveDirectly which they are not doing well, all is well with me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my most recent transfer to buy some building materials to start my house project, I also bought with some of the transfers, the balance is being saved for future use.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($300 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?
My name is Zoe Massaley from Wolakai town Dowein District Bomi County Liberia.
I have planned to use my money to buy motorbike for my husband to start motor traffic business and to renovate my house as well.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Everything is going from me with the work Give Directly do in my town.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc including other construction materials, paid labor and bought food as well.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($298 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?
My name is Zoe Massaley from Wolakai Town, Dowein District, Bomi County.
I previously planned to renovate my house, just recently my husband and I planned to buy him used motorcycle for business to enable him continue to earn money for the home while we wait for our remaining money for the renovation of our house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
For me the work Give Directly do is very good because I don't face any difficulty getting money as said.
Moreover, everyone received cash equally to different family. And you can do anything that benefit you with your money.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I added my first and second cash to buy a motorcycle for my husband to run it as a traffic motorcycle
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($269 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my transfer I was very happy because this is my first time handling this amount since I was born. I sell kiss meat to survive and to educate my children but Give directly has changed my life because am not going in the mangrove swam to pick kiss meat to sell anymore. I have enough cash to educate my children and buy food for my family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Since I started receiving transfer I stopped picking kiss meat to sell. I have enough money for food and to start a business of my own. I will register my kids in school with some of my transfer and save the rest to start a business.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I will register my kids in school and buy a motorbike for business.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I receive this transfer I intend to pay my children school fees and repair my house that got damaged due to the heavy rain.Even though I'm engaged in a small business like selling kissmeat but the money is not enough to feed my family, pay my children tuition fees and repair my house
What is the happiest part of your day?
What makes me happy in the last six money is when my brother give me money that I didn't expect,that makes me happy because I never had money to buy food, I used the money to pay food
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenges in my life right now are food for sustenance, tuition fees for my children and to repair my damaged house. The small business like( kissi meat)that I'm selling the money is not enough .More besides there's a risk in getting the kissimeat.I have to go at the peak of the river to collect the kissimeat,which may cause me to develop cold, or get drown one day when the river is fell especially during the raining season. .
