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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 goal is to build a house for myself.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is doing everything well because Givedirectly has improved our lives.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my recent transfer on my farm
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 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 am Folley Adulai from Gomai Town Dowein District.
from the time I started receiving cash support from GIVE Directly, I planned to build new house and invest in to my agriculture project and pay my children school fees
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I see no problem from Give Directly
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
From this cash I bought Zinc and seed for my farm
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?
My name is Folley Gomai Town, Dowein District, Bomi county.
My planned had been to built for my family a new house from my cash transfer from Give Directly, currently, my plan reamins the same.
My family and I have been engaged into agriculture activities since 5 years ago.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
The work GD does is good in different family lives in my town.
Presently, with Give Directly cash transfer, many families were able to paid their kids school fees, invest into farms produce and many lives activities.
I have not seen any bad work from Give Directly work in my town.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I invested my current cash in to more agriculture materials. For my last cash I spend some money to buy zinc bundles for my new house project.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I feel fine because, I was able to paid my children school fees.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Paying my children school fees and trying to build my house is a great blessing. Past years, l was really struggling with my children school fees and I was not living in a comfortable place. But now, things are improving.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid my children school fees and bought zinc planning to build my house.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am successful to receive the money, I will pay my children school fees because I don't have any reliable sources of earning money to pay their school fees.
In addition to that I will buy land around VOA to build my house depending on the amount.
What is the happiest part of your day?
For last March, I was very happy because when I harvested my Pepper, I was able to sell and it for good amount of money and I bought my water pump machine to do my garden work. And with the machine, I can't again wait for rain to fall or wait for rainy season to do my garden work.So yes, in March, I was very happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges for me here are: How to raise money to pay my children school fees . And another one is to build my own house. If I am able to have this, it will be around for me.
