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?
No, I don't have any new goals.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing everything very well and I'm very happy.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid the tuition for my five children who dropped out of school because of the lack of money. I use the rest of the money on the house I'm building.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($281 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 planned before to sawed planks ro build my house and send my children to school. They is what was on my mind before receiving this tramsfer. I didnt have no new goals.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly do good thing for some of us by giving us funds.I did not have money to send my children to school but now they are in school because of GiveDirectly
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought gas to sawed my planks, zinc nails, and paid my children school.fees.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
In the morning i went up the hill to check my phone and i saw the message. I felt so happy because I wasnt able to pay my children school fees and i didnt want them to stay home. The transfer took shame from my face and i was able to pay the children school fees. I'm so happy to be part of this program.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Tje biggest difference in my daily life is that this payment have helped me to solve some of my problems.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Most of my recent transfer were spent on paying school fees, buying uniforms and roofing materials.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Our plan is to build our own house, and send our children to school.
Building a new house for our family will be the best thing we will ever do for ourselves. It's over 20 years since we constructed our mud house. At that time we were very small in number, and the house was okay for us. Now I have over 4 children here and 3 are in Monrovia with relatives due to the size of the house. The mud is falling of the house due to leakages in the roof. When it's raining, the get flooded causing cold that make us sick. So, building a new will make our lives better and we will not get sick everytime.
* We also will as use some to of the money to send our children to school. We thought to do this because, with the education of our children, we believe that nthey can take care of us tomorrow when
What is the happiest part of your day?
Our happiness come as a result of hearing about this program. At least with this we know if we're qualify we will be able to build our house and send our children to school, and feed ourselves. With the number of problems facing us,, especially with food, a better sleeping place, children school, hearing about Give Directly program we were very Happy. We believe with this money our challenges can be reduce, and our children can have a better house, educating our children as well as provide for our family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Our main challenges is getting money to find food for the family and to send my children to school. Since last year things it has been difficult getting money to support my family with food. The farm we're making is not producing to help us get the money we want to be able to provide enough food for the family. The land is poor, causing the crops produce little. It's difficult to sell and get good money to settle this problem. Many day the children go to bed with insufficient food.
Our children were put out of school this year due lack of money, just like the years before. We don't have money to send children to school. With money we believe the problem for food and school fees will be solved.
