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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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The new I have set before receiving transfer is to start plastering my old house inside and outside. My dreamed had been to plaster my house but due to hardship, I have been very complacent. Farming is the main source of income for me but the amount
of money I generate from selling rice and cassava from the farm can not fully take care of my family. I really appreciate Givedirectly for the cash support. Since birth, I have not own huge some of money before. I believe that with this transfer, I will be able to improve my house completely .
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my own opinion, Givedirectly is really doing well.
I can admire the follow-up processes in Givedirectly. The questionnaires that Staffs usually asked about the usage of the transfers is well organised. Thanks to Givedirectly for the helping us with money. There is no system in GiveDirectly that needs improvement.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am planning to used my recent transfer to purchase additional 4 bags of cements to start plastering my house floor and wall. Potion of my transfer will be used to hire two cashual workers to plaster my house. I will turn over my balance money to my wife to cater to our home.
Thanks to Givedirectly for empowering me financially I believe that when I plaster my house, My house will look attractive in this village .
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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 plan was to improved my old house I have in my village, because the house I'm living in right now is very old. but with the second money I received, and the urgency I have, the money I received I'm going to paid my children school fees, because they're all out of school for registration fees. Many thanks to Givedirectly for their support.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly did very well in my life and that of our village. Givedirectly improved my life, with the support from givedirectly I was able to paid my children school fees, givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses. Givedirectly make me accomplish my plan to improved my house. I'm so happy and thanking givedirectly for what they have done for us. There's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received my transfer, I was able to registered and paid my children whole years school fees. I bought additional Materials to fixed my room. The rest of the money I was able to buy my children clothes, Food stuff and shoe for school. I'm so thankful to GiveDirectly that I was enrolled on this program.
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?
The moment I received my transfer from Givedirectly, I called Givedirectly hotline number immediately to appreciate them for the cash support. I am a struggling young man in this village. Since I was born , I have not hundle huge money before. I am a gardener who plant cassava for living. Planting cassava require lot of times and effort but are sold at a very low prices in this Village. I have been planning to re roof my brother house I stay in but I didn't have money to start the process . Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. Atleast I am now financially capacitited to start improving my brother house roof. With this transfer, I believe that with my tI will be able to completely renovate my brother house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference Givedirectly transfer has made in my daily life since I started receiving payment are, I am now successfully implementing my dream without any delay. I am no longer in worried about how to generate money to renovate my house and I am getting fat in size. Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. I believe that with my transfer, I am going to sleep in a decent house in this Village.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spend some of my transfer to buy two bundles of 14 gage zinc to start renovating my house immediately. I am waiting for the next transfer to buy 30 packs of assorted nails and paid contractors to start cutting sticks for the house. I never had good mattress in my room to sleep on. For this reason, I used part of my transfer to buy 32inches thick mattress for my room .I believe that with my transfer, my suffering will soon be over.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I get the transfer, am planning to build a house and use the balance to send my children to school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
During the last six month, our rice and cassava farm produced enough for us to sell and have food to eat,
that brought joy to my family and I.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Because I dont have much money I am not able to sustain the family and that is my major challenge now.
