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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
297300 MWK ($363 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 never changed the plans when I received my transfer
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
It lives up to it's promises
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a bed, clothes for my children, food and improved my house
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If i receive this money, i will be very grateful because it will help me solve numerous problems that my family is facing. I will grateful to see this organisation to help me pay for my child's school fees, clothes, fertilizer, blankets. I will be very grateful because you have heavily lifted a burdern that i was carrying.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am very happy for the coming of GD. This has given me hope. I know that something will change in my household. I will be like my neighbours with a house that has iron sheets.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My household has a shortage of food. I need money to pay school fees for my child who is at school- which is at Mk10,000. I had to sell my goats in order to send my child to go to a private school. Furthermore my children do not have propet blankets.
