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Oretha
landscapeCountry:
liberia
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Other
faceAge:
31
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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?
The house that I am staying in with my family is currently incomplete because of my financial strength. I have been planning to complete it but there have been no money from anywhere. Due to this reason when I started to receive my transfer from Givedirectly, I decided to spend it purposely on building materials to plaster my house and complete it. The remaining portion of the transfer, I was able to buy some goods to do business because I don't want to go out of cash in the future when the transfer from Givedirectly stops coming.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Through the help from GiveDirectly, I have been able to complete my house. I am also eating good food because of the huge amount of money given to me by GiveDirectly. I am so much happy and thankful for this great opportunity. Therefore, in my thinking about what is not done well by this organisation, I do not really see anything of such.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was filled with joy and happiness when I received my last transfer. Through the transfer, I am now investing my money through the means of business because through it I will be able to sustain me and my family in the future. The remaining portion of the transfer, I used to buy some building materials for the completion of my house just to have a better future house and stop leakages and also plaster.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($246 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?
The first goal was to improve my house condition and through this GiveDirectly transfer program, I was able to accomplish this goal. My new goal is to improve the provision business that I am currently running in my town because I believe that it will generate more profit. We will also not need to get most of the materials we normally use from other towns around us.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by making everything possible to change our lives when we least expected, the program is also fair and all of us that are receiving this transfer belongs to our town which makes us to feel so happy. I don't know anything that the organization is not doing well..
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my most recent transfer to buy building materials to complete the house project, I also paid my four children's school fees, and I bought foodstuffs for my family as well.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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 goal is to improve the inside of my house. I want to put ceiling tar up, plaster the floor with cement and to pay for my three 3 children educations. Since my husband and I built this house, we have not been able to fix the inside of it. Getting money these past time has been a serious challenge for us. So, I am very happy of receiving this payment.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has done well for me by giving cash that I never taught of receiving. It is something that I didn't thought of receiving. Because I did not work for such an amount. It is like a dream to me. As for things done unwell by GD, I am not aware of any.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought ceiling tar, cement bags and paid my three children tuitions. For me I see this as a prayer being answer by God. Because it has not been easy on my family and I, the past time. My husband and I could hardly get money to fix the inside of our house and to pay our children remaining tuitions. This second transfer has done so much help. I was able to have bought cement bags, ceiling tar to fix the inside of my house and paid my children tuition fees.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($234 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The day I received the message on my phone and my husband read it to me, was one of the happiest day of my life. With joy I started dancing and shouting all around the house. This transfer came right at time I was so stranded for money to pay the second semester school fees for my six children. For the passed weeks they were all put out of school. This brought so much sadness and embarrassment to us as family. Since that day, I can now see the joy in our faces. Many thanks to Give Directly for this great financial freedom.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life since I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly, for the passed three months my husband and I have not been able to raise any money to pay the school fees of our children. This was one of the stressful times us. Presently, Our whole livelihood depend mostly on fishing activities. But due to the roughness of the sea for the passed two to three months, he had not been able to go fishing. This caused us a serious financial constraints. Happily, with our transfer, we are going to used the money to solve most of our family problems, most especially paying our kids school fees.I am very excited and grateful that GiveDirectly came right on time to rescue me financially.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
After receiving my first transfer, with the worried and stressed I had about how to raise money to pay the final school fees for my children. I am planning on using most of my transfer to settle the final payment of all my children's school fees. Moreover, I am planning to use the remaining money to buy few bags of cement to start plastering of my house.
 
Enrolled
access_time 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"I want to renovate my house because it's not in good condition and send my children to school. What we are doing now to generate income can not serve the above needs".
What is the happiest part of your day?
"I have been happy because all of my children and families are still alive, nothing negative has happened to anyone. Because of this I have been happy".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"The problem I'm facing right now is to get money to renovate my house and send my children to school".