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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 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?
No. My was to pay my children school fees and to start a business and I still Metain my same goal.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly is well by the way they do their work.
They allowed their recipients to make their own decision.
For me, I've not seen anything that GiveDirectly is not doing well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the most recent transfer to establish business.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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?
No, I don't have a new house goal. I'm still working on my old planned by reenforcing my business to save money and buy motorcycle.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has done lots of good things for my family and I. I have made farm for several years, just to buy a motorcycle but I could not because of my low income. But now I'm going to have motorbike soon.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought spared parts for my motorcycle and I'm saving the balance money to add up to my last transfer and buy me a new motorbike.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
Yes, my new plan is to do business. Since I have paid my children's school fees with the first money. I'm going to start a new business with this second transfer to sustain my family and I at the main time till the other transfers can arrive.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has done well in all of her work. This is it first kind of seen NGO to give money without interest. Nothing wrong I have heard about GiveDirectly work.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought assorted goods, including: lappas, cream, hair greese and etc for my new business. I also use part of it to fix table for the business.
Enrolled
access_time almost 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I received this cash transfer,I will fixed my house because, the house I'm currently living in has a serious problem, when I'm sleeping at night, rain falls in my house badly. I also want to do business with the remaining money, to continue supporting my children in school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What really brought joy to me for the passed 6 months is that is that, my kids and I are all well in our bodies.
Hearing about Give Directly program also brought joy to me because,it is the first time in my life, that NGO had come into the town and I was choosing to be part of their program, moreover, there are lot of NGO that have come to our town and left me and my family out of the program.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenge that I'm face with is that my house is not in a very good condition, there is no flow in the house and also I need to pay my children school fees. Currently my children are not going to school since there father and I separated. I don't have money to send them to school and continue providing for them.
