We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I am thankful that Givedirect came to our town and make me to realized my plan for building a house long ago that I have been wishing to build in my life.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is known for helping people in remote towns and villages with no condition , neither to pay back .
Let the blessing of God continue to be upon those who put this organization together.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought building materials for the house under construction.
The balance money, I used some for small business and food.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($286 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I planned to build my own house and buy half bag of rice before receiving my second transfer from Givedrectly.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedrectly promise to transfer money to my mobile money account and they are sending the money on time. I haven't notice anything that Givedrectly has not done well. Thanks to Givedrectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Upon receiving my second cash transfer from Givedrectly, I bought two bundles of zinc, four bags of cement and half bag of rice.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($283 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I am Kula Quoiquoi from Kpagbola town, Bomi County Liberia. I was very excited when I receive transfer massage from Givedrectly because, I been living in my sister's house for the past two years and it been very tough due to lot of confusion. I been working hard to build my own house but I didn't have enough money to start my project.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I am happy because this money has help me buy one bundle of zinc, food for my family, and payment of my grand daughter school fees. I been planning to buy three bundles of zinc but didn't have money to buy even one. I am so happy now that I bought one bundle of zinc through the money Givedrectly transfer to my mobile money account. I will purchase the remaining two bundles of zinc when I receive my second transfer from Givedrectly to start building my own house. I am happy and grateful to God first and Givedrectly for helping me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Givedrectly came to my village, register me on their program, and I started receiving cash transfer through mobile money. I bought one bundle of zinc, did payment of my grand daughter school fees and bought food for my family.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"What I plan to do with my cash transfer is, to build a house for I and my family, because, since I was born, I never owned a house, where I was before moving into this structure was my parents' house, but it had broken down. Prior to moving into my parents' house, I and my late husband, Boimah Quoiquoi were staying in his late parents' house in Koniah Town, after his death I moved back into my parents' house in this town and met my current husband, Mohammed Kallon, who has two wives; when my parents' house broke down that's led me to moving into this structure that is owned by my nephew."
What is the happiest part of your day?
"What had brought me joy in the last six months is, this gone time one of my sisters' daughter graduated from high school, it brought me happiness, reason being, I know that when this particular child becomes a successful person in the future I will benefit a lot, because she's somebody who really loves my me."
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"Those challenges I'm facing now are, 'One', I don't have my own house to lay my head, reason being, we're two on one man, so the money I can get from him isn't much; also, when I do my cassava harvesting it doesn't earn much because we have lot of people selling this same cassava market, and if I price the goods the buyers normally beg me to lower the price to the point that I can't accumulate much, on the other hand, if you say no to the buyers your goods might leave in your hands and sometimes spoil. 'Two', the farm work is too hard and unstable, so I want to do a stable dried goods business like selling rice, vita and other small small things which will enable me sustain I and my family."
