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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 USD)
access_time almost 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
No new plan my previous plan still stand to build my house..
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly did extremely well through the help of Give directly i was able to build my house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought 2 bundles of zinc and 200pieces of plank and 1cartoon of nails and others assorted building materials and i used some of my transfer to mattress.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was under the tree when the message came and i felt fine. I really wanted to build another house so when the message came i was too happy now.i can start buying my materials to build my house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference is to take care of some of my needs
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My most recent transfer was spend on buying a good mattress to slep on and the other money i am buying materials for my house. I also bought medication for my mother who is sick also i bought food for the house.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My son is in the tenth grade class. But last year, I never had money to pay my son's school fees and this made him not to attend school. I want the best for my son. So when I get this money, I will firstly send my son back to school. When he starts going to school again, I will be very happy.
The next thing that I plan to do with the money is to build a new house for myself. Everytime my family members come for visit, I don't have enough rooms to host them in. So, when I get this money, I will build a new house to assist in hosting my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My son lives in Monrovia. At the beginning of this year, the house that he stays in caught fire but nothing absolutely happened to him. I was very happy to see him and I gave God the glory for sparing his life. This brought me great joy that he was alive.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My current challenge is lack of finance. At the moment, I make my farm and harvest the crops to sell. Thus has been helping me, to a larger extent. This year, I didn't make rice farm, except cassava farm. I can sell my cassava to buy my rice to feed myself. Because of my age, I decided to rest this year and not plant rice because of the hard work that it has and even to pay those that will work on my farm. It has brought serious challenge to me, at times.
