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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?
My goal has always been to start a new business. I have been making farms for a living. During harvest time, I take the products from my farm to local markets for sale. I use the money from that for my family upkeep and my children tuition. The money is hardly enough. I could hardly afford our expenses. Things started to get difficult for my family. Before the beginning of this school year, I was so worried. I did not have enough money for my children tuition and other fees. I am so grateful for this GiveDirectly cash program. My children are now in school and I have started my business. That is amazing. Our lives will never be the same again.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I am so grateful for this program. GiveDirectly has done very well for me. I have been suffering. My house roof was tarsh. During the rainy season, it leaks. Through the GiveDirectly program, I have built a new house and the roof is zinc. I am so grateful for this opportunity. My children are now in school. I have started a new business. I have no worries anymore. All thanks and appreciation to GiveDirectly for this opportunity. In my opinion it does not do anything wrongly. It has changed our lives for the best. I am grateful.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was overwhelmed when I received my payment. This cash program is a dream come true. I used some of my transfer to start a new business. I used the rest to pay a portion of my children tuition. Things were so difficult for my family. I could hardly afford our upkeep. The money I made of selling produce from my farm was not enough. I am so grateful that our lives will never be the same again.
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?
I'm continuing my previous goal which is my house project, I want to complete my house project before moving on to anything else.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly does everything well, they are indeed people of integrity and a blessing to lives.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My transfer was spent on additional building materials, zinc, nail, planks and I also paid people to help me cut sticks for the house. A minute portion of my transfer was used to buy provisions for my family.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($287 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?
I had some major plans, but unfortunately for me and my family we been facing some difficulties when a comes to income, money business had been very ugly for me and my family. I long been planning to seeing all my children beening educated and building a new house or houses for the betterment of my children future. I was able to paid all my children school fees and purchased some of my building materials. Not will standing all the two payments when to was children education and building project. Many thanks and appreciation to GiveDirectly, because today I'm very happy to see all my seven children back in school and my project ongoing.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing excellent in all the communities in River Cess County. No others NGO had ever done this before for us.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The two paymans when on building materials and school fees
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?
The thing that came to my heart was I became to celebrate only because I due the people club and I have no mean of paid back.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Before things was never okay with me, because of the people club money and my children school fees a
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spend the money on my club money that and order was spend on school fees and business.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Education is very sweet my sister but my parents didn't know first, so my plan is my husband and I will send our children to school when we receive the transfer.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The thing that has really brought joy in my life and the lives of my family was the first day I saw GD staffs on motor bike in group going to work in another village after hearing about them for so long while on my way to Cesto.
The reason I was happy is that with all of the difficulties I and my family been facing, I knew with the presence of GD in our village our lives will get better because their known for helping poor people to improve their lifes.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest challenge face by my household presently is I am owning a susu/club NGO known as concern and I am due to pay in December first week.
if I fail to pay by this time interest will be added to the initial amount I own three different time and if don't pay after the third interest I will be taken to higher authority, before doing that they will lock my door and if I fail to pay the money I will be send to jail. For this reason I have had sleepless night for some time now because it's the biggest challenge for that I have ever face.
