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 am Varney Siryon from Weimah town, Bomi county Liberia. I still have the same goal of renovate my house and investing in to agriculture.I use my first cash transfer to plaster the front of my house and did payment of my three children school fees with my second cash transfer. I am presently renovating my house and growing pepper on my farm with my third cash transfer so that I can have a better life after Givedirectly cash transfer.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly always transferring money to my mobile account on a monthly basis. Their staffs are well organized and very respectful. They don't request gift from people nor accept gift from anyone.These are things are really admire of Givedirectly. I have not heard of anything that Givedirectly didn't do well in this village. I am so glad and want to extend thanks and appreciation to Givedirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought eight bags of cement, two bundles of zinc, one bag of fertilizer, pepper seed, and two buckets of oil paint.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($281 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 plan to pay my children school fees, plan to improve my house by plastering it, plan to do agriculture work and I am also planning to do some treatment because, I am not well.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In the past four years, l have been sugguling making cassava farm before my family can survive. But after receiving the money from give directly, I started improving my life and the hard work has reduced.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have paid my children school fees, I have improved my house with plastering, I bought fertilizer for my agriculture work and I also paid some hospital bills to start my treatment.
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?
The moment I received the money I felt very happy because my children were out of school for school fees. The money helped me to register them back in school.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving transfer from Givedirectly is that every thing about my life is changing. Before the transfer, I worked very hard just to earned a little money to take care of my family and I.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent the transfer on my kids Education.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am eligible to receive the transfer, I will use portion of it to complete my house work. Because the house conditions is not okay as you can see. Since we started the construction work 2016, we have not been able to complete. When the house is completed, I will be socially represented in the community. I am really ashamed of the house conditions because my peers feel that I am not serious which is not the case. My wife is suffering from pressures so cash we worked for is spent after her health so I will use another portion to take her to good hospital, when she is healthy, she will be great help to the household. I am not well also so I will use portion to go for operation. I am suffering from hydrostatic.
What is the happiest part of your day?
When two of our children got promotion in school in July of this year, we were so happy. Could you imagine the financial situation in the country we have to pay their fees so their promotion brought joy to me.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My main challenge is my spouse health, she was diagnosed with pressure since 2008. She sometimes dropped from it but we have been fortunate that she had not been affected physically. I am not well also. I am suffering from hydrosee or man sickness. Occasionally, I can dropped from it. The
