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Edison
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49
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Liberia Large Transfer
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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?
Firstly I'm so thankful to GiveDirectly for their support to was my family, before than my children where all out of school, because I never had money to send my children to school. I am a farmer, my income was very low to send my children to school, the house I'm living in right now was having leakage all over the roof, to even get food for my family used to be very difficult for us. But with God and the support from givedirectly, my children eat twice a day now, my children are all healthy and in school. I was also able to improved my house as well. Many thanks to Givedirectly for their support.
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 has empower our youth with financial support. Givedirectly make us have savings. There's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received my last transfer I able to complete my motobike payment, and I also paid my children school fees. I bought enough food for my children. The balance money I was able to paid the workers that did my work.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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 main was to complete my house. I have gone sixty percent of my projects with the help of Givedirectly program. My new goal is my children education because they are my futur. I have two children attending the junior collage in Buchanan and the other two are in the elementary here. My greatest investment is my children.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Since i was a child up ro present my parents has not told me about any NGO or any organization has ever give such amount of money to any individual before. Givedirectly has change my life especially went it comes to my children education they impacted greatly. The bad side of Givedirectly is they allow us ro travel to distances in order to cash our money.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My recent transfer from Givedirectly was used to pay eighty five percent of my children tuition. The rest of the money was used on my house.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($297 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 goals have always been to complete my house and to educate my children. I want to be grateful to GiveDirectly for this opportunity because it is a life changing opportunity. I will use portion of my payments to send my children to school and portion will be used to purchase building materials to complete my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing well by leaving us with the decision to buy what we desired with our payment. I spent more on transportation when I am to go cash out my transfer,I therefore want GiveDirectly to take into consideration the distance we as recipients cover on motorbike to cash out the transfer that is been sent.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I will buy cement and paint with portion of my recent transfer, and the balance will be used to pay my children's school fees. I am going to use the cement to plaster the walls of my house and put floor in my house. I am telling GiveDirectly thank you for the money given me and my family. I pray for God's blessing upon their hands.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($265 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 to received such a huge money with out working for it. Since I was borned, it is my very first time in this community to see NGO,s giving free help without asking for anything in return.Most of the time, our community is left out by organizations who used to worked here . Receiving this cash support still look like dream to me. will help to ease our bruden
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference the money made in my daily life is that My wife and I are now having hope of meeting our expectations . We are more relaxed and can now sleep fine with out any worry about how to raise money to target our plans.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My wife and I planning to change our old house from dirt block house to a concrete cement house . We want to buy few bags of cement and load of sand to start. in addition to that, our dreams has been to build another attachment to our old house looking at our current family sized. Based on that decision, we have ordered for 2 bundles of quality 14 Gage Zinc from a business man in Buchanan and other building materials to start.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
The major thing is for me to continue my program in agriculture, which is coconut planting.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The last six months, I cannot really define what brought me joy, excerpt I'm happy for the lives of my children. Because they are growing up well in my hands.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenge for me, is mainly my school fees, and agriculture program. Because everything I do with my agriculture program, I have to pay people for their services.