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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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?
My new plan was to buy mattress, ditches, pay my grandchildren's school fees, and lastly to seek health care for myself.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly did well by providing us fund that was able to help change our living conditions, but I can't think of any thing that Givedirectly did not do well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent portion of my tranfer on ditches, mattress, my medication, and I saved my remaining transfer.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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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 improve my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is doing everything well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm saving my money to furnish my house.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I plan on improving my house
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on building materials
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($271 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I feel happy because, I have not received such a money from anybody before and receiving it from give directly, makes me happy.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
At first, I was struggling very hard doing bush work before getting something for my family and I. But now, through the help of give directly, my children and I are eating on time and our lives have improved.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc to build my house, bought food for my family and started my treatment.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"What I plan to do with my cash transfer is to recondition my house, I choose to recondition my house so that I can have a decent place to lie my head, and so that my grandchildren can have sleeping space whenever they come to visit me. Since my husband died, things had not been easy on me, I can't do any farm work right now due to my age, so I survive only by the palm brooms that I make and sell, but my earning is not sufficient to feed me and carry on my project.".
What is the happiest part of your day?
"What had brought me happiness in the last six months is, seeing myself alive is a testimony, whenever I see myself in good health and moving strong, it makes me happy, even up to the first time GiveDirectly entered our town and brought this good news it also brought me happiness as well."
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"Those challenges I'm currently facing are, 'my health, and reconditioning my house'; as I said, I'm a widow, and I'm aging, I don't really hustle like before, what I do this time is to go to the bush and pick palm branches to make brooms, these brooms are what I sell to survive, but sometimes my health troubles me, however, these little earnings I generate from brooms selling aren't enough to carry on my project."
