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4th 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'm planning on building my house in my village
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on building materials
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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 name is Jenneh Adama. Since I started receiving my transfer, I have gotten two new goals that I want to achieve. One of my goals is to build myself a new house and my second goal is to send my daughter to the university to obtain a degree for herself.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GIVEDIRECTLY is doing everything well. I have not seen anything that Give Directly has not done well in yet.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm going to spend my most recent transfer on sticks, zinc, nails and workmanship for those that are going to be working for me.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($298 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 want to build another house because the house that I am living in right now is too small for my family now, I want a big house that can accommodate everyone in my family. I also want to improve my farm so that I can have a better harvest by next year.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly is doing everything well because they have been educating us how we ought to use our transfer positively, they are also very nice when speaking to me during interviews. I don't have anything bad to say about GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I will use my second transfer to buy zinc and some building materials so that I can fix my house, I also use some to pay my children balance school fees. I will buy food and other things for my family with the remaining amount.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Jenneh, I was selling table market, burning coal and make garden to pay my children school fees but, things been very difficult in paying my children school fees and even getting food to eat. I am very grateful for this transfe. I was very happy.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I am now able to get food easily, working less and can now hare people to do my work to enlarging my garden..
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to paid my children school fees, uniform, bookbags and copybooks. I was also able to buy fertilizers for my garden.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I planned to add more goods to my business. Currently, I am selling mix goods ( food and none food items). If my business grow, I can use the the profit generated from it to sent my children to school and also provide food for the household. I choose business above all because I have been making this small business since 2 years and I have realized that it is sustainable and is helpful to the household.
What is the happiest part of your day?
When my little daughter give birth to a bouncing baby boy on July 14, 2021, I was very happy. I was happy for her life and the baby life as well because she is a teenager just entering her 17 years. She has to dropped from school when she was pregnant. After she gives birth, she was recalled by the school to sit the just ended national examination and she was announced the dux for the school and that brought me the most joy. Today again I am happy because GiveDirectly have come to help us, I am so happy and I pray that God continue to blessed the donors to give more support to GiveDirectly to continue helping us in Africa and meanly Liberia.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The main challenge I am facing now is finance. Two of my children have graduated from high school and one of them is attending the community college in Tubmanburg. I really need finance so I can be able to send this girl to college and continue paying fees for the younger ones to complete high. Another challenge is food for the household consumption, we are not cultivating rice for now because rice production is capital intensive and the produce is only for consumption. Therefore, we are engaged in cassava farming because we can sell the products to earn some cash to enable us pay our children school fees and provide food for the household.
