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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($341 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I would like to thank GD for the program. Is as if God answered my prayer. I managed to build a house but I was failing to buy iron sheets to roof it. By the time I was almost to give up, it's when the program came into the village. During that time I was sleeping on a roofless house. But now, I was able to roof it with iron sheets that I bought using the cash gift.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
The enrollment process was very excellent
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the money to improve the roof of the house that I was sleeping.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($351 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy it was my first time to hold that huge kind of money and I told my husband that we not waste this opportunity rather will make good use of it
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I should not lie this feels different I feel like I am somewhere else not in this same village because very thing is a change because of Givedirectly
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I had unfinished house so With the money I finished up my house by buying irosheets timbers, cement which i used it to paster it and then i did lime on it i also bought fertiliser, Mattress, Blankets, Food and utensils
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
it means I have been given hope to rebuild my house and also have enough food for my children
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am happiest in the morning
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I mainly worry about food as I am.a mother of twins so feeding these children is something i struggle with
