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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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?
My new goal for my recent transfer is for me to saw woods with portion and used the balance to pay my children school fees.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my mind GiveDirectly did well for my family because, the money i received help me to pay my children school fees and also building new house. I did not see anything that GiveDirectly did not do well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used portion to pay my children school fees and saw my woods with the balance.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($246 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?
I don't having new goals before receiving this transfer; I'm planning to build my own house and send my children to school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly give me money that I'm able to send my children to school and building house, as for me nothing bad Give Directly do that is not well, all is good to me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to get enough begs of cements , saw plank and pay contractor to cut stake for the construction of my house and paying of children school fees .
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($246 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?
I don't have new goals before receiving this transfer; for now I'm not living in good house; so for that reason I'm saving my transfer to build new house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I'm very impressed to see NGo like Give Directly changing my life from one level to another financially, but looking at what GD did that is not well i can't tell, because nothing to talk about.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm saving my transfer to purchase zinc and others house materials for the construction of my house and providing food in the home.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($234 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was along the cestos river bank when I received the message. I took running from that point to my house embracing my wife with joy. She was even surprised because since we got together, it was my first time doing such thing. I was really overwhelmed with joy that entire day.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
This money has brought big differences in my Life. Things has changed positively. I means, my family and I have graduated from one stage to another. Could you imagined, I'm a very poor man who have lived in this village for over fifteen years and no improvement in life. Life became so difficult to the extend that I used to only farm to feed my family or sometimes, I used to cut wood and carried to cestos city for sale just to feed my family but since I got my first money from Give Directly, the issues of worries has ended
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm awaiting second transfer to buy building materials to build a modern house in this village
Enrolled
access_time 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
The heavy pull down of rain from last year rainy season caused my house roof to spoiled and now I want to change my old roofing to a new zinc roofing. So once I get this transfer, I will buy new zinc and I will use some of the money to sponsor my bigger son in school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Really, I'm have not been happy because I wasn't able to get my new zinc for my house. However, I was little happy about my son promotion from his school (Cestos High) result.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"I am currently finding it difficult to generate my bigger son tuition fees, because our farming proceeds (vegetables) that was sold generated little income which was used for tuition payment and a portion was used for our feedings".
