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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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($279 USD)
access_time almost 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My plan is to build a house in Monrovia where my children are going to school. Getting a house in Monrovia will help them to be comfortable. I am a farmer and sell coal . I kept my previous transfers so i can start my house project. I couldn't not get the money from farming to build my house because it i was not enough, till GiveDirectly came iand i got enrolled for this program.
With the cash transfers i will build a house in the city.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly help me with cash transfers to live a better life. The cash transfers help my life to be better by getting certain things done. Now my house project will soon start in Monrovia.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I saved my recent transfer so that i can buy materials for my building project.
3rd 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?
Yes, I have a new goal. I previously planned to buy one lot of land with my transfers but now I have decided to do business first, that I will be able to save some money to buy my Land and even start my house projects.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Absolutely, GiveDirectly has done great work for me and my community at large. God will reward you people for bringing this opportunity to us.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have not used my second and third transfer yet, but I'm intending to do business to be able to sustain my family and I. I will go to Monrovia to buy my goods and start my business soon.
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?
I was breastfeeding my 2 month old baby when I saw my neighbors yelling one after the other saying, "I see my own, I see my own"! My husband then entered the yard and checked to see ours and there it was. We were very happy and couldn't stop thanking God.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The most part that makes me happy everyday is the fact that I have cash to solve my problems. I am also happy that the leakage problem on my house will be solved and I will sleep sound when it is raining.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I've planned to buy one bundle of zinc to change my roof and I paid my son's school fees as well. I also bought six gallons of gas and paid for workmanship for my coal business. The rest was kept to buy daily meal.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Because of the challenge of the lack of finances to support my family and send my children to school, what I am planning to do with the cash is to firstly use fifty per cent of the cash to pay school fees for my children because school is reopening is nearing and to use the balance fifty per cent to start a business that will yield more profit that I can use to support my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What has brought me happiness and joy for the past six months is in giving birth to my 6 boys children, I wasn't lucky to give birth to a girl child. On September 24, 202I, I had to go through a surgical operation in which God blessed me to give birth to a girl child. This brought me happiness and joy in two ways that my girl child and I survived the surgical operation and also giving birth to my only girl child which I wanted in my life and I feel that my life is complete now.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The current challenges I am faced with is the challenge of no finance to support my children in school and provide support for my family. These challenges came into being when I lost my Mother, sister and Father to the cold hands of death all in one year, which made me to spend all of my cash I had in saving. This situation make me to feel bad and feel left alone on this earth, except with the efforts of my husband who burn charcoal to support the family in many ways. I also feel that I have lost pride as a head of the household.
