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?
I hope to have a decent house before this year ends
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is helping us financially and making us self dependent
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I will spent most of my transfer on improving my house by plastering it and laying floor
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($242 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I hope to complete renovation of my house
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is helping us financially and making us self dependence
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent most of my transfer on buying house building materials
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($232 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
"It was on the 24th of November while I was sitting at an entertainment center, I firstly saw an SMS that reads "You have received $35,625 Liberian Dollars. So, I used the Mobile Money short code to check my transfer. It was so unusual actually to receive such an amount. As soon as I got to know the transfer was from GiveDirectly, my friends and I started jubilating with dance till night. Immediately I checked my account, the first thing that ran by mind was the plastering of my house and casting of the flood with cement. Right now, I am the sole provider of my entire household. I try by all means to satisfy their daily meal consumption".
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
"When I manage to complete the construction of my house and build a new house, my plan of living a conducive life and the avoidance of congestion whenever we have visitor will change. That will be one of the greatest differences we going to noticed".
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
"Since I received the transfer, I haven't used it yet, but transfer it to another SIM which I don't use often. It is my plan to complete the construction works on the current house my mother, wife and sister along with her husband are living and construct another one in order to avoid congestion whenever visitor comes to visit us".
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access_time over 1 year ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"By the grace of God, when I am selected to benefit from this cash support, my plan is to complete my schooling".
What is the happiest part of your day?
"To be true to you my sister, the only joy I have gotten right now is the Life I have currently".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"It is because of money business that currently I haven't completed my schooling".
