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?
No new goals yet
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly help us a lot because my has been retired since 2020 up now no retirement benefits, so Givedirectly coming was so much a blessing and it very much timly for my children school fees.
Givedirectly has done nothing wrong it is a God sent institution.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid my children school fees and improve my existing house.
4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 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?
No, not at all.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly does everything well, in my opinion.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought cement to plaster my old house.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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?
I bend on sticking to my old plans to improve my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I wasn't expecting this at all, Givedirectly has satisfied me. What they've done, not even family members could do it for me. I appreciate them so much.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I will buy five plastic chairs, six bags of cement and five pieces of ceiling for the house project..
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($264 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I heard a beep on my phone while pounding my rice was to cook that morning. I reached for my phone and saw 40,375 from Givedirectly. I shouted and picked up running to my friends houses announcing what GD has done. I was so excited and immediately phoned 4483 to tell givedirectly thank you for the money. I am still overjoyed.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
It has been my wish to electrify my house with solar panel, but it has not been easy for me to raise such an amount of money. As a farmer, it was a very difficult task for me to get huge sum of cash. Now I have electricity in my house and I don't have to go to my neighbors houses to charge my phone again. This is a big achievement for me and also my biggest happiness. It makes me feel proud.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought few bags of cement to plaster my house. I also bought solar panel and light bulbs for the house I am currently living in.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Finding a sleeping place in Webbo Kronowroken for my children who will be attending the High school will be difficult so I will used the money to build a house for my children in Kronowroken to enable them have a shelter for themselves because living in friends and extended family house brings about disrespect and humiliation.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The completion of my ZINC house because it was really an embarrassment for me whenever rain fell because the thatched house I was living in was leaking.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenge am facing is getting money to pay people to brush our own farm for the purpose of planting Coco.
Once I have money to pay people to do the brushing, I will be able to plant enough Coco, Sell it and use the money to build a house in Kronowroken for my children.
