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.
Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Building my house has been one key thing on my heart, as I gear towards getting it achieved, I'm also anticipating on buying a fairly used bike so that my son can run it on traffic to generate income for us.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly does everything good, I don't see anything bad about them.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Portion of my transfer was spent on my balance house materials Zinc, nail, planks. The remaining portion of my transfer is being kept, I want to add my last transfer on it to enable purchase a fairly used bike for my son.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($297 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
attach_money
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Yes. My goal is to have my own house, even though I have been desiring to have have my own nets and canoe. Living in a family house with my grown up children has always been challenging.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
*To me Give Directly is an Organization of high esteem and integrity, I really love their decipline.
* GD staff don't even accept water which is the least thing from us, this makes us feel somehow.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I will spend my transfer on buying my building materials to build my own house. Living in my dream house with my wife alone has always been my heart desire. Thank God for Give Directly, for making me to smile once again after many years of hoping.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($271 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
attach_money
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I can not record being happy like the way I am happy right now. I am so excited, I have been praying for someone to be able to help me, there has been no way out. For Givedirectly to choose me and place me on this program and making me to receive this transfer is a elevation to my life. I am feeling so happy more than anything that I can think of because of the transfer. It is going to help me a lot to bring dream to reality.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Receiving the transfer, I have been able to buy zinc to take on new project and will be able to change the roof of my old house that I been living in with my family for the longest period of time. Building a new house will be a better future because my children and my wife will no more be squeezed up in this one small and old house. My children will also be able to have their own rooms and beds to sleep in in the future instead of sleeping with me in the same room.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Receiving this transfer from Givedirectly means that I have gain my freedom from poverty. I have bought zinc to build a new house. The recent house my family and I are living in is in a very deplorable state. I am going to change the thatch roof over it and put zinc roof. Building a new house is going to help me and bring me comfort because rain is no more going to leak on me during rainy season.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
When I get this money I will make my business with it and i will also build my house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
God was with me in the last 6 months, i am not feeling no sickness in me.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I don't have no sleeping place for myself and I don't have no money to buy food for me and my children.
