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 increment in transportation from our village to Monrovia is rising day-by-day. Just to purchase household materials entail a whole lot of expensive and it's challenging given our status as farmers. My husband and I bought two bundles of zinc and started new business with our intial transfer. Our new goal is to purchase a new motorbike meant to ease the transportation stress for us to transport our goods to and fro.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
As for me, since I woke up in life, this is the very first time to see organisation giving out money and I want to tell them thank you. Givedirectly is doing well by giving us money to help ourselves because some of us don't have father and mother. I would love for them to continue and may God richly bless them in their activities.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My most recent transfer was given to my husband in addition to what we been saving for us to purchase new motorbike intended to ease the transport stress associated with the movement of to and fro Monrovia.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($282 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 to do business to get small cash, life has being tough when i got the money i thought it wise to do what i planned to do small business which will help me after the four transfer. So there was no new goal.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly help me with money and this is my 1st time to get such an opportunity to receive huge amount of money from an organization im so happy may God bless GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought garri, oil, sugar, 1 bundle zinc and i kept some money because im pregnant.
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?
Everyone of us went up the hill to the network area in the forest to see whether our messages were on the phone. I saw mine and i felt happy .before the transfer i really wanted to do business but did not have the money now that the money is here I can start..
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I feel that my daily life has changed because i can sell my market and gave money all the time.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My most recent transfer was spent on my business that I've started. I bought a bag of garri, sugar and a bag of grandpea also zinc to.roof my house.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I receive this money I will use some to start a business and use the balance to build a house on the land I have in Monrovia for my children which will bring me so much joy.
I was doing a business which was maintaining my family but my business collapse when I got seriously sick in 2017 and I was taken to the sick bush for traditional treatment. Since I recovered from sick bed, I burn coal in order to sustain my family but the money I earn from the charcoal i burn is not enough to maintain my family because of that, I send some of my children to live with some of my relatives in Monrovia.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months, what has brought me joy or happiness is when my sister called me in the month of August 2021 that she gives birth safely to a girl child which brought so much joy and happiness because doctor told her that she will go under surgery but by the help of God she gives birth safely.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardships I'm facing now is money.
I want to start a business and build a house in Monrovia but I don't have money.
Although I was making business to sustain my family but my business collapse in 2017 when I got seriously sick. After I recovered I started burning charcoal in order to sustain my family but the money I earn from the Charcoal I burn is not enough to build a house and start a business.
