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Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
307200 MWK ($378 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
It was a normal day for me when i recieved the money. I was working on my veranda sawing clothes in the morning hours. I was happy and excited when i recieved the money that i left right away to go withdraw my money to start replacing my roof.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Right now my home has changed. I now have a house that is complete with a roof. I wake up happy everyday knowing that i nolonger have to worry about buying grass come the rainy season.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am a tialor by profession and it is from this that i find my basic needs like food, money to go the maize meal with and other needs like sugar and salt. Apart from being a tailor, i am aslo a farmer and i mainly farm for food which is mainly growing maize.
I was able to build a three roomed house with grass for a roof as this is what i could afford. When i recieved the money from the programme, i saw this as an opportunity to buy 20 iron sheets and 2 bags of cement to replace the grass roof that i have with a iron roof which will not need maintaining every year.
Enrolled
access_time almost 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Finishing my house with Ironsheet and cement to improve the walls and to make it stand for more years to come is what receiving this money means to me
What is the happiest part of your day?
Iam happy during the evening hours because by then it the time iam sure that i have completed all my work and i tend to rest and chart with my friends.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The death of my wife who passed away in 2008 is the biggest hardship i have faced in my life she felt sick n died in a very shot period, now my child is living my late wife's parents.
