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Chester
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
68
workCampaign
Liberia Large Transfer
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
We will invest in to a business for the sole purpose of fully sponsoring my children education, if I received this cash transfer from Givedirectly. The children are our future. We struggled every year to send them to school. Like before, when i was in good health, it used to be somehow easier but now, it is so difficult due to my poor health condition. My two legs got injured seriously two years ago as a result of a moter accident that had made me unable to function actively as a family man. This condition has caused two of my kids to be out of school. With this I think, the plan of having a business if we received help from Givedirectly will enable the children to continue their schooling and even complete their secondary school as well.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My children's academic progrss report made me happy this gone July 2021. I am not educated. I don't have the opportunity to be educated by my parents. I have always tried in my weak way to support them in school by the means of debt and through othe little available income. Therefore, their progress reports always bring joy to us. The children are our future. In order to fully educate them, we will open a business that will make us to fully support them untill they complete their secondary education, if we are successful to receive help from Givedirectly.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The current hardship I facing is financial hardship. I need money to do medical operation due to my health condition. My two legs were seriously injured two years ago as a result moter accident. Before that time, I have been in good condition and taking care of family . Now, I am unable to do anything. In our environment, we only survive if we engage in to hard labour because, many of us are not educated to be opportuned with an employment. For this reason, I can't do any hard work. So to generate money in the absence of doing hard work in our place is a serious challenge. I have decided to empower my wife to do a business if we are bless to receive a cash gift from Givedirectly.