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Mulbah

Country:

liberia

Age:

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Liberia COVID-19

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3rd Payment

Transfer Amount

14255 LRD ($91 USD)

8 months ago

How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?

Life is better now then before according to the recipient she's no more going around to fine food for the family she's now making her own business but if she had never received the money life was still going to be the same .

2nd Payment

Transfer Amount

14255 LRD ($72 USD)

11 months ago

How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?

The money helped me to start my business. The business is now helping to meet my daily needs.

Initial Payment

Transfer Amount

14255 LRD ($72 USD)

1 year ago

How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?

Totally different

Enrolled

1 year ago

What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?

To improve my business instead of just selling cold water.

What does receiving this money mean to you?

Receiving this money means a lot to me.

What is the happiest part of your day?

Looking at the hard am facing now, i don't have a happy day.

What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?

The biggest hard time in my life is that i don't have money to pay off my rent.