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 ($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?
I don't have no new plan my previous plan still stand to build my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly doing extremely well through the help of Give directly my financial crisis was settled .
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought 2bundles of zince and 2 packs of nails and others assorted building materials and.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($296 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 a new planned of paying my children School fees before receiving this money. My two children were not in school and I was thinking of sending them to school next academy year. But since I have received this money, my plan change and I have decided to sponsor them to attend earlier in school than I previously planned.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my believe, GiveDirectly has done lots of good things for me and other people in my community. Because giving me money that I didn't work for is a great help for my children and I. Making my children to attend school earlier than I thought. There is nothing wrong I have seen GiveDirectly doing wrong. All of the their works are good and helpful.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used some of my money to pay my children school fees. I'm saving some of my money and waiting to collect the balance transfer to build my own house. The house I'm living in right now is not mine. So I want to have my own house that I will depend on for my children and I in the future.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($271 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 on my farm when I received my transfer from Give Directly. At the movement, I felt very excited because I have been struggling hard to build a house for my children and to buy a mattress.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Before I could receive my transfer, my daily life has been centred around hard labour. I usually go with my brother-in-law to produce palm oil as a source of income but since I received my transfer, I can afford to provide food for my children without doing hard work like before.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my transfer to buy furniture and mattress for my room and I'm saving my balance transfer to build a house.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
This recipient said that if she received the money, she will build her own placed and leave their family house. She will also send her children to school,and the balance money, she will furnish her room.
What is the happiest part of your day?
This recipient said that she was happy for the passed six months because, friends always use to surprised her with money, so she used the money to buy her children slipper and her own self slipper.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
According to this recipient, her major challenge is that she's lock of money to buy slipper and food,she also want to fixed her room and get floormate for her room, and mattress.
