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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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?
I plan to build my house, I plan to buy a mattress and I also plan to buy food for the house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Building my own house, buying a very big mattress and even buying food for the house are all good things that give directly did for me. I am so grateful to give directly for all the transfer.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought food for the house, I bought a very big mattress and I also bought Zinc to start the building process.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
I have been thinking how I can get money to build my house and as God could have it, Givedirect came and gave me money and now I am building the house
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
With God above us all, I can happy to see myself from where I was few months ago and where I am now since Givedirect came to our town to help
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The money I received was used to paid for all of the house materials and I kept some to pay for the people who are going to build the house labour
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($300 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?
My name is Fatu Golafaley from Joe Town Dowein District Bomi County.
I have planned to built my family a new house from my cash transfer.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly style of work is different from many other NGO I ever seen.
They are transparent and truth in their work
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I use my money to buy more construction materials for my house project and some food
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($283 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I am Fatu Golafalay from Joe village, Bomi County Liberia. I was very excited and started dancing when I receive cash transfer massage from Givedrectly because,it is my first time receiving such amount of money in my life.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Life has been very difficult for me in this village. I been burning coal and marking cassava farm for survive. Since I received my first transfer from Givedrectly, life is much better For me than before because, I now focusing on my business than the farm work. Through my business I can provide for my family on a daily basis, I have a good mattress to sleep on and getting prepare to change my roof. When I receive my second transfer I will add to my business and buy four more bundles of zinc for renovation of my roof. I am so excited and want to extend thanks and appreciation to Givedrectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought two bundles of zinc, one eight inch mattress and started business with the balance money to keep helping myself and my family.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I planned to build my own house, I will use my transfer to buy zinc and other building materials to build my house. I want to build house because I am currently living in someone's house. Our neighbor give us only one room in her house so it is difficult for our family to visit us because of logging place. Building a house will mean a lot for me because it is a lifetime investment, I will use it, my children will use it and my grandchildren and great grandchildren will use it. What they need to do is to continually reconditioned it.
What is the happiest part of your day?
When we started harvesting the farm on the first of this month, I was happy because we will not be worried about food for now. I was very happy because I will not be thinking about buying food so any cash I generate from different sources will be spent towards improving our lives in stead of food.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My main challenge now is food. We cultivated rice this year but the yield is low. We will consumed the rice for less than six months and will be left to buy food. This farming year is the worst because the birds have eaten all the rice from the field. We just have to engage in farming because everyone in this village are engaged into farming so me will not just sit and watch, people will consider us useless without knowing the reason. Besides, we cut trees to produce fire coal which is the means of survival for many population in this county.
