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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My Goal was to improve my house up to standard due to low quality of my house, but I was unable to do such work due to my son health conditions.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
From the beginning of this program up till now GD had improved I and my son live if not so, my son could be suffering from serious health problem and I have not seen nothing bad that GD had done that is no good or well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spend my transfer on my son medication that cost sixty United States Dollars ($ 60.0USD)and the medication is really improving his health,purchase a mattress for my stranger room and brought few begs of cement for feature use.
3rd 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?
RE: Life has been very hard on me and my household i have a son that normally converse while sleeping, it do not happen to him everyday but once or twice in a month.
I use my second transfer to purchase him a pill someone told us about, now he's not conversing like before but he uses the bathroom often which is little uncomfortable for him most times.
With this our new transfer we have plan to take him to the hospital in Monrovia for proper check up than we can use the rest if there's any, to renovate our house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
RE: Givedirectly is doing very well from the enrolment process up to now their system is amazing.
Every individual from givedirectly that had ever come to talk to me had been kind and friendly.
I love givedirectly employees reception to people and am very grateful to givedirectly for this help.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE: We are going to spend the most of this our new transfer on our son health in Monrovia for proper check up.
If there's a balance than we will use it to renovate our house because the house roof is damage and needs changing.
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?
RE:"My son is ill he have epiclesis disease and i was told by some people the their is a medication that can help him in stabilizing his situation so my husband and I decided upon receiving our transfer we will purchase the medication, so right now that our major focus ".
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
RE: " For me as a person, givedirectly is doing well, even the givedirectly people that have been coming here to talk to me, are very good in talking to people, they always take their time to talk to me and is always very kind towards us".
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE:" I used the most of this recent transfer to pay my children school fees in Monrovia, which could have been impossible for them to attend school this academy year because of the financial crisis in the country at the moment".
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I will make business, and some of the income generated will go toward our children's school fees, while some will be used for medication for our 20-year-old son who is suffering from serious mental illness for since nine years.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Having our ceiling fixed with the little earning my husband and I have made from selling coconuts and fish has brought us joy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Our son's mental illness has been one of our biggest challenges.
