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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 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?
The only plan that I have now is to complete my house in this village. I just purchased my last bundle of zinc that I'm going to use to complete my house. I also pay for a few pics of planks that will be for the roofing of my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly doing a great job for us the poor people of Liberia. I was staying in my family house, where I was given one single room for me my family. but with this transfer, I'm now about to have a decent house in my village.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The most recent transfer that I just received from the givedirectly program. I'm going to use it to complete my house and focus on my children's school. my children were out of school for the past year. with this, I will be able to send my children back to school and even finish my house.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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 planning to complete my house project with this my second transfer. I just bought zinc and cement to finish with my house. I even spent little amount on planks and stick. I bought some provision for the house. The last little one that left with me now, I'm planning to start a small business.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly has done great things for me and my family. Since GiveDirectly started working in Rivercesse i have not seeing anything bad from them. They are very transparent in theirs work as a NGO in Liberia.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Huge of my transfer was spent on my house project. I just bought zinc and cement to finish with my house. I even spent little amount on planks and stick. I bought some provision for the house. The last little one that left with me now, I'm planning to start a small business.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($279 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My new goal I'm going to be able to build a new house now .
I just bought zinc and cement to finish my house.
I'm going to paid my children schools fees and also buy them some schools material.
I will also paid the guys who is going to build my new house.
I was really going through serious challenge with my children support.
I'm now able to paid all their school fees and buy them everything that they needed for schools.
I'm also going to able to build a new house for my children.
I was not even thinking of building a house for my children.
I even bought buy five (5)bags of cement to put floor in my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my own opinion GiveDirectly has done great things for me and my family.
I was not able to build a new house with zinc and cement.
I really love GiveDirectly way of working in Liberia.
GiveDirectly is one NGO that i really give them credit in theirs job.
GiveDirectly is one NGO that doesn't pick and choose with people in theirs job.
They are very transparent in theirs work as a NGO in Liberia.
They are really helping us a poor people of Liberia.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My most recent transfer that I just received from GiveDirectly programs.
I paid all of my children schools fees and also buy them some schools.
I bought four (4)bundles of zinc and cement to finish my house.
I even going to get some food for the house.
I even bought some agricultural material for this year farming.
I paid some man to help me brush my farms .
I'm going to paid people to help cut some stick in the bush.
I bought fews gallons of gas to saw my planks.
I paid the power saw man that is sawing my planks in the bush.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($285 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Upon receiving this money, I was excited to know that I have a money to provide school fees for my children. I am a poor farmer who finds it difficult to provide for my family.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My life has improved since I received GiveDirectly's cash-transfer. Eventhough I have not withdrawn the cash-transfer yet, but at least I am not worried about how my children will go to school or where comfortably will we lay our heads.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I planned to spend the money on my children's school fees and to build my house.
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access_time almost 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"That room is too small for me ". I want to build a house whenever I receive the money
What is the happiest part of your day?
During the farming season, my farm did not come out well but what make me happy especially with getting food for my family is that other community members isually invite me on their farm to harvest some food crops for my family
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My main constraint has to do with having a large number of children with a single room. Paying my kids school fees is another challenge
