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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($337 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
am now able to do things that i planned to do because now I have the financial capacity.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
it is doing well by giving money to people and reaching to very far places.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have spent the transfer on bricks, cement, timber, nails, iron sheets and food.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($351 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
i was very very happy I felt like all the problems I had in my life have come to an end
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
iam living in an ironsheet roofed house and everybody in my family is living a healthy happy life
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
i have been living in a house that licks during rainy season so soon after the moneyreflected in my airtel money account i went straight to hardware shop and bought ironsheet and i have improved the roof of my house
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access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
This is a huge relief as this money will enable me to buy enough food since we are starving already and we are failing to keep up. This money again, will help me to build a better house for my family; buy fertilizers so that we harvest enough food next year so that we do not have to starve again
What is the happiest part of your day?
Any part of the day as long as I have found food for that day to eat with my family
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I mostly rely on piece work to survive but recently due to Covid-19 I cannot easily find piece work from around time as a result I am struggling financially to provide for my household.
