We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have a new goal which is to build a house for myself.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Givedirectly is doing everything well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm planning on building a house with my recent transfer.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
On December 9, 2021, I was washing during the morning hours when I heard my phone ringing, I told my niece to check the phone for me because I can't read and write. When she checked the phone, she told me that I have received a transfer message from GiveDirectly indicating that GiveDirectly has sent me money to my mobile money account, when I heard it, I was so happy that day for the transfer.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Before GiveDirectly came to help us, I have been planning to fix my house in a more comfortable way but I couldn't because of lack of money; but since GiveDirectly came to help us with this transfer, my hope of fixing my house is now a dream come true.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my first transfer to pay my children school fees, I also bought food for my family, the remaining amount has been saved for my building project that I want to undertake.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If God bless me to receive money from Givedirectly, I want to build a two bed room house for my children and use the remaining to educate my children and do business. The house will help my children start their own family because the house we are living in now belongs to their grand father, and that they have no title to it except the one that I will build for them. Secondly, the business will provide me with profit so that I can continue to pay for my children school fees especially where I am married to a man with two wives. Doing business has been my dream because I am in a polygamous home where competition is high between my mate, Jenneh Dablah and me. If Givedirectly bless me with any help that will improve me and my family lives it will be highly appreciated.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What makes me happy in the past six months was when my daughter call me in September of this year and told me that she got promoted to the 5th grade in Monrovia. This made me very happy because of the struggle I am going through to make sure that they get educated. For that fact that that one of my cousins was able to carry her to Monrovia to attend school and she made a passed, it really makes me feel happy that I cry with joy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship facing me now is money to pay for my children school fees and buy food for the family. My husband, Aaron Folley Kamara is married to two wives, me and Jenneh Dablah, and that they both have gone to Kone Town, Grand Cape Mount County leaving me and my children in Beh Town. Fending for them has been challenging because no one to help me brush bush for farming except where I go to cut contract for people to get small thing for us to eat. Even though I pick coal, help dig cassava and or assist people to beat fufu so that I can get something for my children to survive, but what I earned is inadequate to pay for my children school fees and buy food for the family. The little farm I managed to make is not enough to get us food and provide money to pay for my children school fees too.
