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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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 improve my house and Educate my kids.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is doing everything well because they are improving our livelihood.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Am saving my recent transfer for emergency purposes.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($300 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I want to fix my house because the house that I am living in right now is not comfortable for living anymore, thanks to GiveDirectly who has granted me the opportunity to start fixing it. I also want to have enough money to keep sending my children to school, I will improve my farm so that it can help raise more money for my family expenses.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, I love GiveDirectly because they are kind in talking to us even though they are the ones helping us, they treat us with respect. I also love GiveDirectly because they are helping us unconditionally through our mobile money accounts without any third party being involved, they are also so straight in their processes. GiveDirectly is doing everything okay to me, I don't have anything against them.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I haven't used any of my third transfer yet, but I will buy building materials with my it so that I can start fixing my house. I will also saved some money for future purposes in case there is a need, the remaining amount will be used to buy food for my family.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($297 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I had a goal before receiving transfer from Givedirectly. I have been planning on improving my house but there was no money to do the work until I started receiving the transfer.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing everything well because the program is transparent and we are receiving the transfer that was promised correctly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm saving the money to renovate my house with it later.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was so happy because, I was thinking how will I get my children school fees.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Seeing me paying my children school fees and improving a new roof is a great thing for me. But in the past months, I couldn't afford to do all of those things.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid my children school fees, bought some school materials and improved a new roof.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If God help me I receive the money I will build my own house with it in town here. Because the house I am in now is my mother house and the house is very old. Like last here, when heavy win blows, the entire roof moved from over us in the night. So need to move from it , but now I don't have the means.
In addition to what I will do, if the money enough after building my house, I will put the rest in business so that I will be able to be sending my four children whose father is not alive again to school.
Since the father died few months again, my brother has been helping them with school fees.But myself need to help him too.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Yes, I was happy when my children got promotion to their next classes after they closed school. I was also happy the fact that me and my children are well in our body.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Tbe main challenge here for me is money. Because since my spouse died, only my brother and myself taking care of them. And here the cassava I can sell to earn money and provide food and other thing price has dropped so badly.
Like the way dry season coming it is the time to make garden. But no money to buy chemicals and fertiliser for that activities. So I am even worrying about how to get money for those thongs.
