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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 am Hawa sonnie from Kpolo town, Bomi county Liberia. I planned to add two bundles of zinc to what I have for roofing of my house and pay carpenters for the work. I been buying materials for my house project since I received my second cash transfer. I did payment of my son school fees with my first cash transfer.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Givedirectly transfer money to my mobile account in four installment according to schedule. I am so excited and want to extend thanks and appreciation to givedirectly and those who contributed in helping me move forward. I am not aware of anything that Givedirectly didn't do well in this village. May the almighty God bless you all.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought two bundles of zinc, and paid the carpenters for rooting of my house.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($279 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 goal before receiving this transfer which is to educate my children.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing everything well, We received our transfer on time and correct.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc to build a house for myself and register My kids in school with the balance transfer.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 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 have new goals that I didn't have before receiving this transfer. I can now educate my children. Due to lack of finance my kids been out of school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Givedirectly is doing everything good. I have been unable to pay my kids school fees and build a house of my own, but with this transfer, I was able to sent my kids back to school and bought building materials to build a house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my transfer on building materials and paying my kids school fees.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
How I felt when I received my first transfer from GiveDirectly:
I felt happy when I received my first transfer from GiveDirectly because I never received such help like that from anyone before. When I was told that I have received money from GiveDirectly by my son, I was rejoicing that day.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I received started receiving transfer from GiveDirectly:
I believe that my life has changed because I can eat on time now; I am also able to pay my son school fees with out any stress from hard work. Before GiveDirectly came to help us, I used to make coal for sale to support my family and to send my son to school; but thank God for GiveDirectly who have helped me to solve my problems..
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
What I spend my recent transfer on:
I used part of my transfer to pay my son school fees; the remaining will be use to buy fertilizer for my crops so that my farm can improve. I try farming this year but my crops are dying; so I will use my transfer to improve it because I know when my farm produces more, I will raise enough money for my expenses.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I'm successful to receive my transfer I intend to pay my children tuition fees because no one to help me pay for their fees. I am old now and is unable to make a big farm as I used to before to raise more money. School fees have increased these days making it even more difficult to send more than one person to school. The school is around 18,000 Liberian dollars from the information sheet I received for this year.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What makes me feel happy in the last six months, after going through all of the struggles to educate my children was when I received my children progress report for this year. Just imagine after spending all the money to send them to school and they passed, it really makes me happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenge in my life right now is how to get money to pay my children tuition fees. I want to educate my children because I never go to school so that they can become important people tomorrow. Some of them may become doctor, president, representative, senator or even ambassador for Liberia in the future. Even if I don't live to see them become those important people, I will rejoice in my grave.
