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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($335 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I would have been sad because I was living in an unfished house but now I will be able to finish my house because of these transfers.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
This organisation is doing a very good job. Everyone who was registered for this program received their transfers. Many people are happy because their level of poverty has been reduced because of the transfers that they received.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
These transfers have helped me a lot. I have managed to buy cement so that I can fix the floor of my house. I have also bought lime so that I can paint my house. I used some of the money to buy clothes for my children so that they can wear nice clothes when they are going to school.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($351 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy when I received a message of the cash transfer because I had a lof of problems in my home.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
This money has helped me alot. I had alot of problems before I received this cash. My house was in incomplete, I had no maize for food, I had no matress among other problems. When I received the cash I used it to complete my house. I plastered it and used cement for the floor. I bought a matress and maize. Right now I can eat and go to my farm happily.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the money to buy cement, I plastered my house, I bought maize, a matress and fertilizer which I applied to my maize at my farm.
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access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
The money will help me buy enough food for my household as I am starving. I will also buy fertilizers for my garden
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the afternoon when we eat lunch
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I have a huge family that is hard to feed as a result I am always starving
