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Mamie
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Small business
faceAge:
50
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Yes, I do have a new goal through GD and my newest goal is to add more goods and services to my existing business in order to hold on my customers. As my business is running, it will enable me to invest the profit in construction while maintaining the business.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GD does well in unconditional cash transfer to the needy for poverty reduction and what is not done well is, cash is not given to everyone in the town.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Some of the most recent transfer was spent on the purchase of freezer in order to meet the demands of my customers. At the same time, the other portion of my most recent transfer is saved for future investment in construction.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($298 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?
RE: I bought a land in Cestos the capital city many years ago, but I could not afford to start a construction on that land because my family and i are bearly surviving on the little business am doing. Because of this business am unable to even make a farm therefore i normally just make a cassava patch, if I decide to make rice farm like everyone else, the community dwellers will not have the patient to wait for me to return before purchasing items from my shop, so they end up going Cestos to do their purchasing and i will realise nothing from the business. At the end some of the goods start to spoil causing me so many loses.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
RE: I have not seen anything that givedirectly have not don't do well , everything that givedirectly is doing very ok as from my point of view. Givedirectly is doing very well from the enrolment process up to present their system is really good. Every individual from givedirectly that had ever come here to talk to me had been kind and friendly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE: Am going to spend the most of my money on purchasing the rest of the cement for the completion of my house bricks for the construction process. Am now trying to construct my house in Cestos with this givedirectly transfers presently. Building this house is one thing I will forever be grateful to givedirectly for because it's a dream come through for me.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($260 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I feel happy and even stop GiveDirectly staff to tell them thank you because other did not believe that it was truth.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I'm happy and the difference it makes in my life is that I am not going to used my market money to buy uniforms and book bags which could have make my market to go down.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have not spent my first money yet but I'm planning to buy my children Uniforms and Book bags and also add the balance to my business while I await the balance transfer.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
We will help our children with their school fees and to be about to feel my family
What is the happiest part of your day?
Our happiness came when I saw the fedree and that is one the thing that makes me very happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Lot of challenges before NGOs were not coming here because of the river, to transport materials here is very difficult but thank God your was able to reach to us, Some NGOs will stay across the water and do their own thing.