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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($233 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
RE " My biggest accomplishment Will be to see my house build and finish.
Because i have many grown-up children who are now having spouses and most of the time it's embarrassing for all of us to be in this small house with not any room ".
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
RE " In my opinion, givedirectly did excellent for us here.
Because, were was i going to get all this money from to start a house of my own.
That is something i could never see coming through even in a dreams.
Am so grateful to givedirectly ".
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE " I spend the most of my recent transfer on buying cements.
The balance was use on the buying of planks.
I needed to start my building project as soon as I can.
As i speak to you i have all of my materials to build my house from start to end straight ".
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($243 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I am hoping to accomplish my house construction in this coming year because I am a polygamous household and I do not want to live in a relative house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing excellently well by taking us from poverty and I really appreciate them a lot. I am making a recommendation for GiveDirectly to please help our brothers and sisters in the neighbouring towns and villages as they have done for us.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My most recent transfer has not been spent because I do not have chance to go and withdraw it, but I already make my foundation bricks fron the first transfer I received, so I am planning to start my building construction process very soon as I withdraw my recent transfer.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($232 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was sitting in this town hearing noise all over saying give directly had do it for us, when i check my message and saw my momo alter i was overwhelmed that day, i firstly thought of purchasing land in the city and paying my children school fees .
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life is that, few months from now i will be a property owners in the city and i will No longer be asking family's members to sent my children to school.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to pay my children school fees and register them and save the remaining money for the purchasing of land in the city.
Enrolled
access_time over 1 year ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
When I am qualified to receive the cash transfer, I will use the money to continue paying my children tuition.
I will also use some of the money to build a house for my children in zwedru to stay after they shall have finished Junior high school here in Zuajah and the balance I will use to improve my farm.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Despite of our challenges with raising money to pay our children fees, the past school year was a successful one because, all of my children got promoted to the next class.
Furthermore, Our community road which has been a major challenge for us farmers was finally fixed and we are able to easily transport our farm product to the market for selling.
In the last six month, those are happenings that brought joy in my life.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The farm my spouse and I made this year does not produce enough to pay all of the children school fees now that school is about to open.
I also intend to build a house for my children in zwedru to stay in while attending senior high school.
Therefore, my major challenge now is to raise more money and be able to cater to my family needs.
