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Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
307200 MWK ($378 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
After I received my cash transfer from Give Directly I managed to buy iron sheets at 125,000 kwacha, 3 blankets at 30,000 each, a mattress at 75,000 kwacha and bags of cement. I had a house which was not complete as I had no money to complete it but with the cement I bought managed to improve its condition and am very thankful.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life is that I used to wake up dirty every morning as I used to sleep on the floor but now with the mattress I bought sometimes I even just dress up off to work as am always clean and am very thankful for being in this programme. We never had beddings before but now I managed to buy 3 blankets for my family this is also a big difference in my life.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my cash transfer I was so excited as I knew that life was about to get better. I used to sleep on a mat which was not comfortable, every morning used to complain about my back as it used to pain but after I received the transfer I managed to buy a mattress and now am sleeping comfortably.
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access_time 3 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Paying school fees has always been a biggest hardship in my life because the number of children that I have so far is just overwhelming
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am usually Happy in the afternoon because it's the time I like meditating
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I am so much thankful for the money that I will receive, I have alot of children and paying school expenses for them is very hard for me and soon I might fail for good to keep on paying school fees for them, so the money will help me to fill a gap that has always been there.You should not end here interms of helping us out because we are poor out here
