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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?
No. My previous goal have been building my house since I'm living in my aunty house with my family. I have been living in this house about ten years and needed a house of my own. My husband is a commercial motorbike rider and that have been our means of survival. However,since the arrival of GD in my home and enrolled me and I started receiving transfers my life and situations are better now than before.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly gave me money to build my own house, start a business for myself and put my children in school. They also helped me to stop sleeping on the floor by buying my own mattress. GiveDirectly have done no wrong.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my most recent transfer to complete by house project and paid contractors to finish my house.I saved my remaining transfer to enable me start a new business.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
My goals have been building a house and investing into business. I am Living with my aunty and I am having a family. My and my son including me, we are all occupying her house and I have been uncomfortable with our condition of life. When I receive my transfer from Givedirectly I decided to use portion of it to buy zinc and other building materials to start my house project. I also use portion of the money to buy rice for the feeding of the workers that will be building my house for a comfortable home for my family and I in the future.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Those who didn't have house now having houses. People are now educating themselves and their children because of the help from GiveDirectly. Some people are raising cattles and some are getting involved in saving clubs and many more to improve the lives of themselves and their children and other family members. In my opinion, I strongly believe that there is nothing that is not done well by GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
With my most recent transfer, I was able to buy zinc for the roofing of my house. I also bought rice to feed the workers that working on my house project and I'd also bought other building materials for the total completion of my house project. Thanks to GiveDirectly for the great help render to improve our lives economically and socially.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
When I firstly received my mobile money, I begin to celebrate for the progress made in my life, dancing and singing Bassa song because this was my first time receiving this amount of money in life in cash. I purchased building materials Zinc and food one bag of rice. I really been thinking how to build my own house in this town because the house Im in right now is own by my mother. The payment was very timely and rewarding for me. Many thanks and appreciation to the entire family of Give Directly for the kindness to was me and my family wellbeing.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My project is ongoing right now and my family also eating on time.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My money was actually spend on building material and my food for the betterment of my family wellbeing.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I will be upperturned to receive the cash transfer, I will like to build my own house and move from in my father's house because I'm a family person now.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months what brought happiness was my birthday and when I heard that GD was giving money out to people to improve their life's.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My greatest challenge right now is that I do not have money that will enable me have a place on my own.
For this reason my mom and I always get into fight and her problem with me is that I am longer a child to live under the same roof with she and her husband, I should move.
