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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($279 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?
RE: I was really going throug allot when it comes to finance and stability.
With my last givedirectly transfer i am about to construct my own house which i have already purchased some zinc and other things, like i have send for nails.
I am overly grateful to givedirectly for their cash transfer program, it really helped and helping us.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
RE: givedirectly is doing everything good in my view from their registration time up till now they are good, the workers knows how to talk to people, they are always patient and kind in talking to people which i admire about them(givedirectly works).
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE: I spend majority of my transfer on purchasing zincs and nails for the construction of my house.
The rest was spend on my children school which is one reason why i am still behind with the construction process.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($275 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 new plan had been to build my own house and to establish new market for my up keeping. Words are inadequate to express thanks and appreciation to Give Directly for changing our lives. This program has helped me to established new business and build my own house in this village. Give Directly has made us proud. We that had no hope of doing anything big in this village can now boost of establishing big business and building house. The idea of giving cash directly to us the poor people is a very brilliant one because with our cash into our hands directly, we can easily settle our desiring problems and solve many others problems quickly.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Giving cash directly to the poor. Changing tetch house to zinc house. Improving the lives of people directly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Building materials and market
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?
I have a goal of constructing a house in the city of Monrovia. Living in this village Monkleh and acquiring a good education is a challenge. The school we have here stop at 6th grade which is located in Sala's town. I have decided to give my second transfer to my mother to buy building materials to begin the construction of a new house on our family land in Monrovia. It will be a house where my siblings and I can live and go to school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has done well by transferring me money to help my family start to build a house in Monrovia. I find it amazing to received money, cell phone and Sim card that I did not labour for. It is also doing well in following-up on us in order to know how we spend the money received. I am not aware of anything done unwell by this organisation.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Buying cement, sand, crush rocks and steel rods for the construction of a new house in Monrovia is what I will spend my most recent transfer on. It has always been my mother prayer for her children to move to Monrovia to acquire good education. She survives with five living children to care for. This second transfer will help us purchase some building materials to start the construction work of a new house in Monrovia.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Dropping out of school for almost two years is completely miserable that I couldn't wait to go back to school with the availability of receiving the unconditional cash transfer from Givedirectly. I am a student of the Star Baptist school located Jacob town, Monrovia, who dropped out of school as the result of pregnancy. I have come on vacation as usual in Monkleh where my family and I have been residing prior to my trip in Monrovia for schooling when I got pregnant for my husband who also resides in Monkleh. The pregnancy denied me from schooling for about two years now. I have been planning to go back to school with the little cash in safe from the sale of garie including the cash my husband safe for me a well . With the help from Givedirectly, I will definitely go back to school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Even though it wasn't my plan to make baby at my school year but, I feel comfortable and happy whenever I see my baby healthy because I would have died in the process of delivery because of the so many complications I had . So my baby always put smile on my face whenever I retrospect my time of pregnancy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Dropping out of school because of pregnancy was the greatest challenge ever faced in my life because it wasn't my plan to conceive. The pregnancy life made me so miserable that I don't want to even have a second child. Getting back in school is also one of my challenges because of the limited cash. I always dream of getting myself back to school because it is my future that I am playing with . The above are just few of my current challenges.
