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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I hope to do a very big business in the year to come.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is a good organization and im happy to be a part of this family
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought motor bike with my transfers.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($231 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I went to our network point to check if I have received my cash from GiveDirectly, when I saw the message, my heart was fill with excitement. I picked up real running from the calling centre back to the town, I was very happy. I was happy because I felt loved by GiveDirectly. I did nothing to deserve any aid from them. It's the very first time I received such help. I love GiveDirectly so much and I'm happy for them.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving payments from GiveDirectly is the happiness I'm carrying in my heart every day knowing that at the end of this program my life will have a positive shift.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I've not spent my cash yet because I planned to buy a motorbike to run a commercial bike so I can sustain myself. I'm waiting to receive all my cash before I use it.
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"I will use whatever money or cash transfer that I will receive from Givedirectly to buy a Motorcycle and use it for commercial purpose.
As the day goes by, I will put every penny generated from the commercialization of the motorcycle into a daily susu; by doing this; I will raise more money for my future projects.
I intend doing this because I feel it will be of great help to me in generating more cash".
What is the happiest part of your day?
"Hearing about Givedirectly is the only thing I can remembered that has brought me happiness in the last 6months. Apart from, that nothing has brought me happiness in the last 6months that I can sincerely remembered".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"The major challenge I am currently facing is maintaining the guys that worked with me on the goldmine. As you may be awared, the search for mineral or gold to be specific is not one hundred percent certain.
That is, most of the time we as miner will dig and will find nothing, but the guys we worked with don't care as to whether we were successful or not. All they are interested in is their pay.
Whenever we work and are unfortunate for that day, we find it difficult to pay the guys we worked with; and whenever that happens, we will find it very difficult working the next day because of the unpaid fee.
Whenever this happened, none of them will turn up the next for work and will even discouraged some of their colleagues from working with us as miner. That has been a major challenged for me and continues to be ".
