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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 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?
Farming and selling the produce from the farm was my major activities but with the help of give directly my new goal is to now build my house and send my children back to school. I want to tell them thank you very much for what they have done for me.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion the thing I like about give directly is that the was helpful to me in the process of my children going back to school. For me they are my saviour and I want to say a big thank you to them. They are doing good things and for that unlike them.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spend my last transfer on my children school fees and pay someone to saw my plank, and also buy my materials.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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?
Upon receiving this transfer I decided to by zinc in other to complete my house .
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly had make me feel like a human, in that money thant my parent didn't handle,trough GiveDirectly I have handle it.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My most recent money was spend on a zinc and nails .
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($275 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
It was my wish to build a better house, because I have been living in a bamboon house for a very long time, I'm so excited that my living condition changed. I'm currently building my zinc round house and I'm so happy.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc to build my house.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"I pray to receive this transfer so I can send my children and grandchildren to school.I have my daughter who is mentally ill,she always getting pregnant and don't know who is responsible for the pregnancy.If I receive Give-Directly transfer I will send my last tow children and grandchildren to school"
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last 6 months,My son call me and told that he just enter university of Liberia.I was happy and dance for two days in saywonken.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My greatest challenge is that our farm no longer producing crops for us,because the guinea pig always eating our crops.
