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?
Yes, I had plans to make business.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm planning on starting a small business in my village
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 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?
My only goal is to educate myself.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing everything well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my recent transfer to start a business.
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?
I really felt very happy, because I considered the money as a dream to me
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Cassava farming and coal have been my only way of survival at a small scale
But now, I am going to stretch out my production
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I did pay my children school fees and the balance money I am not doing small business with it
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am successful to receive the cash transfer, I will spend it to pay my school fees.
My spouse has been paying my fees, but now things are hard on him. And the cassava pitch too I have been making to help pay the fees has not been producing good yield. Especially like this year, I planted my cassava lately. And when that happens, the cassava does not produce good yield. With this situation, I have really been wondering how to pay my fees. So if this promised from GD becomes true, it will be a huge opportunity for.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Yes, I was very happy on the 24th of last September. On that day, my spouse came and introduced himself to my parents as a spouse to their daughter. Because all of my sisters are married. I am the only person who is not. So for my spouse to introduce himself, that is huge start in the right direction.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenge here for me is how to raise money to complete my high school and extend further in education..I mentioned money because, it is very difficult raise. The activities we are engaged in here to raise money are what every body here are doing. So because of that, we don't earn enough money from those activities again due to the dropped in prices.
