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Junior
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
50
workCampaign
Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 USD)
access_time almost 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The new goal I have set before receiving this transfer is to hire power saw operator to saw planks for my house. I want to break my current house down and rebuild it with zinc. I have purchase three bundles of silver color 14 gage zinc with my previous transfers. I want to rebuild my house immediately because it is almost falling. Thanks to Givedirectly for empowering me financially to start building my new house. I believe that few months from now, my dream to live happy life will soon come to pass.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In the opinions, Givedirectly offered freed cash to everyone in this Community. Givedirectly staffs are trained in talking to people and Givedirectly staffs do not accept gifts from community dwellers. Givedirectly direct cash support to families through helped more poeple to start building zinc houses. Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. There is no system in GiveDirectly that needs improvement.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my most recent transfer to hire two power saw operator to saw planks for my house. I also bought three packs of assorted zinc nails and used the balance of my transfer to buy 4 gallons of gasoline to fuel the generator for my power saw machine. Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. I believe that with my transferfrom Givedirectly, my dream to build decent house will soon come to pass.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($275 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?
My first and second transfer was used for three bundles of Zinc with part of the money and kept the balance for contractors payment. My recent transfer was used to buy additional house materials like Zinc, nails and i have developed a new goal with the balance money. I was able to buy a charging solarplat.Thanks Givedirectly for coming in my household. My life is better than before.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I am fall with joy because I have never seeing such a gift from someone.I appreciate the gift. Givedirectly did well because my life is now better.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Through the transfer from Givedirectly, I was able to paid for nails, Zinc and charger solarplat to make my life comfortable when Givedirectly shall have left. I Am happy because my life is now better.
 
2nd 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?
My plan is to build my own house in my village and send my children to school, but I'm a farmer. I will have to farm the whole day just to get money to paid my children school fees, so my income was very low to build a house in my village. I'm so thankful to GiveDirectly for their support, because with their support I'm building a new house with in my village for my family, my children are all registered and in school. 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 village, givedirectly was able to enrolled our entire village. With the support from givedirectly there are so many new houses within our village. Givedirectly give me phone to call my family. 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 buy 2 bundle of iron sheets to build my own house in my village, I was also able to paid my children school fees, I also paid workmanship. the rest of the money I bought enough food for my family. I'm so happy that I was enrolled on this program.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($281 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The first time I received i was very much happy until I started singing and dancing telling GiveDirectly think for their support towards us in Rivercesse as poor people, This money has brought great changes in my life as a poor man that which I was trying to make life. Life has not been good with us in this place now everybody is thinking about building a house and how to start a small business.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life is that i was living in hard time even to build a zinc house, i wasn't able to do that for me and my family. I was only living on farming which i was not able to build a new house with the money i use to get from the framing. I'm very thankful to GiveDirectly for their support towards us in Rivercesse here.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When i received my first transfer, there was lots of things i have in my heart to do with this money, because my children was not in school,we was not living in good house,my family wasn't eat on time but now we are very much happy with life with this frist transfer that I received from GiveDirectly. I'm now thinking about building a house for my children zinc house.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
When I get transfer, I will make business and be able to send my children to school for their better future.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six month, I struggled and successfully built a kitchen on my farm. I was also able to successfully brush my farm and we are now harvesting.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My greatest challenge now is to get money to send my children to school. I also need money to build a better and concrete house.