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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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 hope to increase the size of my farm. I want to hire more people to enlarge my farm. Enlarging the farm will help me generate more money.
Proceed generated from the products of the farm, will be used to complete our house we have already started.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Of all what GiveDirectly do that I love, I highly appreciate the aspect that the money isn't passed through any third party, the money is directly delivered to us.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The little money generated from the subsistence farming we do isn't sufficient for the upkeep of the family. Moreover, the farming work is really hard.
The recent money we received from GiveDirectly, was used to start a business for my husband and I.
The business will help to generate more money for my family and I which will help us generate more money for our upkeep.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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 don't having new goals before receiving this transfer, I'm planning to build my own house in this town and sent my children to school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly had make all my children are now in school, this is more than good to me. Nothing bad Give Directly do to me all is okay from my end.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to Pay contractor for the sawing of woods and others house materials for the construction of my house and pay my children school fees .
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($234 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was in my kitchen cooking when I received my recent transfer from GiveDirectly. I was very happy. I am a farmer with six children and farming have been our means of survival. Things were so difficult in my life to the extent that I don't have a house of my own. I have been living in a renting house for two years now and my children and I sleep in a single room. I have been wanting to build my own house and start a new business to enable me to sustain my children and myself. These have been embarrassing but couldn't anything about it due to poverty. However,with this great opportunity that I got from GiveDirectly, I'm going to use it to develop my life and build my own house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
There have been a lot of positive changes in my life. I was unable to establish a business for myself and build my own house. But now I'm doing very well and about to build my own house. These have been the biggest difference in my daily since I started receiving transfers from GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received my transfer from GiveDirectly,I immediately bought two bundles of zinc and elevn sheets that cost $ 24,600 Liberian dollars. I used the remaining portion of my transfer to buy food for my home and start a new business.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"It is my hope that when I am selected by GiveDirectly to receive support, I will build my house in order to support my family".
What is the happiest part of your day?
"Since the past months, there has been nothing of joy or happiness. Currently, due to the death of my husband father, it has brought major breakdown to our family".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"Our major problem right now is money. It is due to lack of money, our children are out of school.".
