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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
477520 RWF ($424 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My hope in the upcoming years is to graduate from pauverty and be able to support myself and my family. I see myself capable of paying bills of my living costs,
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I think GiveDirectly is doing more than good. I never got any assistance that gives the freedom to buy the missing needs, for example, bed, home materials, cow, build house. This is something to appreciate. I don't see what is not being done well at GiveDirectly. The fact of helping people to get out of poverty comfort is very important. Givedirectly shall continue to do so.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
From the recent transfer, I was able to secure a cow $250, this because having a cow will be very important to me and my family as it will contribute to get money in selling milk from that cow. I also bought some home materials i missed before such as matress ($35) because it was painful for me to sleep on the floor. (now, I sleep well) thanks to Givedirecly.
In addition to that, with the transfer received, I improved my house which was in critical condition, the roof was at a high risk to fall down, I revew at $200 it for my safety. Moroever, I got the ability to purchase food for my kids and pay health insurance for them the entire year.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
329680 RWF ($298 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
It was in the morning around 8am, I was sitting and I heard a notification message that I have received money from Givedirectly. I thought that I was going to change my life.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I live alone and I don't have a husband or a child but when I received money from Givedirectly it gave me a sense of courage and hope to my life . I was able to buy my own cow and I bought food and clothes for myself.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a cow of 250k , I want to rear it so it can give me milk and fertilisers to put in my crop land.
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access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I will buy a cow of $350 to produce compost, to renew my house for $200, I will use the rest buying matelas and bedsheet, food, clothes and other household furnitures
What is the happiest part of your day?
I have managed to buy for myself clothes of $11, my goat has given birth in the last 2 weeks
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I have no cow to produce compost to fertlise my land in order to get enough food, I am living alone , I have no child to support me, and my husband left before Genocide. In order to get money, I work for government in cleaning the road for $15 per month.
