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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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?
It has been my dream to own a house within my town. When I get sufficient money in years to come, I want to build my own house so that I can relocate from my anty house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I have never handle a huge amount of money in my entire life, it's a good thing for GiveDirectly to give me money without paying it back.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am been living in my anty house for more than five years due to the lack of money to build myself a house. When I received the money from GiveDirectly, I used some to buy building materials and some furnitures inorder to build myself a descent house.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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?
My new goal for my recent transfer is for me to build new house for me and my family.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my mind GiveDirectly is doing well for me because they are helping me with money to build my own house. As for me I have not seeing anything that GiveDirectly did not do well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my recent transfer to buy Zinc and Nails for my house construction.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 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 goal for my recent transfer is for me to build my house and buy food for my family.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my mind GiveDirectly is doing well for me because they are helping me with money to build my house and buy food for my family. As for me I have not seeing anything that GiveDirectly did not do well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my recent transfer to buy Zinc and Rice for my family.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($232 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
RE: On a cool morning i wokeup from sleep and decided to make a call, upon picking the phone to call i noticed a text message on the phone, so i open the message and from the text message i saw it was my givedirectly transfer.
I was overly excited and most importantly grateful for such a gift, because it is my very first time to own such a huge cash in my lifetime.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
RE: The biggest difference in my live at the moment is the happiness i feel knowing that i can now afford so many things on my own.
I can now afford clothes, purchase a zinc for the construction of my house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE: I spend the most of my recent transfer on purchasing mistress and zinc for the construction of my new decent and comfortable house.
I bought a mistress because i have been out of mistress for a very long period of time now.
I slept on bamboo and sticks for since i can remember.
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access_time 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
" My family live in a room in my aunt house, we don't have a house on our own. The proceeds I get from the farm is not enough to build a house. When I receive the transfer from GiveDirectly, I will build a house with portion of the money and establish a business that will help sustain my family with the remaining money".
What is the happiest part of your day?
" Two months ago my husband bought me slapper and that got me excited. My slapper was very old and I didn't have any means of getting a new one".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
" The challenges I am facing are lack of good shelter and lack of household items. The house we lived in is leaking and the owner of house don't have money to change the roof".
