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Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
354200 MWK ($346 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
When I received my cash transfer, I was super excited and happy..I knew that I will now be able to afford some of the things that I been dreaming about.
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 these payments is that currently, I am able to afford buying different relish for my children. I am capable of eating different food groups such as proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins compared to the past where I could only manage to eat one specific food group.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my most recent transfer to procure at fertiliser and seeds..I bought 2 bags of fertilizer at an amount of $75 and I plan to apply in my maize field inorder to promote growth.
Then, I bought 2 bags of maize since my family is small..The food that I bought will take me untill the end of the year and everyone in the family will be able to have enough food per day.
Lastly, I saved the other part of the money with an intention of buying things like livestock in the following months.
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access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
Recieving this money will help me to buy goats. I would buy three goats to add to the two goats i already have. The goats would cost me $90 because each goat is sold at $30each. I choose goats because they are easier to care of because they withstand intense weather conditions.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the month of August I was happy because I attended my sister in-laws wedding. At the wedding there was music, traditional dances and local beer(Thobwa).
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenge that I am currently facing is a financial challenge. I rely on subsistence farming to provide food for my family of four. The past harvest season I was able to harvest fifteen bags of maize which I do sell whenever I need money to provide other basic needs. I have only been able to sell four bags of maize at $16 each.
