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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($233 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?
RE " My greatest accomplishment will be to build my new house and complete it.
And relocate with my family to my new house, because we are many in the house am currently living".
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
RE " In my opinion, givedirectly is doing very well.
My daughter was not even in school, it is through this givedirectly cash program that she got enrolled in school for the first time.
Therefore, am very much grateful for givedirectly program ".
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE " I spend the most of my recent transfer on purchasing zinc because i want to build a new house.
I also purchased cements to renovate the house am currently living in ".
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($239 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?
RE " My greatest accomplishment will be to complete my new house by the end of this year ".
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
RE " In my opinion, Givedirectly is doing very well by giving us cash, because my second child has never been in school. But with the help of this givedirectly she has been enrolled in school for the first time and i am grateful ".
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE " I spend the most of my recent transfer on purchasing zinc for the construction of a new house for my children and their families ".
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
"In the coming year, I hope to complete my house renovation and start building another house for my children".
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
"GiveDirectly is doing well by giving us free cash. At first, I thought the money was going to be a loan. If GiveDirectly can continue the cash transfer in the next villages, it will help them make their own choices to improve their lives".
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
"When I withdraw my recent transfer, I intend to use portion of it to renovate my house and use the balance amount to start building another house".
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($232 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
"I was happy when I received my first transfer. I am unable to hunt as other men do, neither am I able to lock (set) trap in the bush. However, I make subsistence farming where which is the only source of income for me and my family. We grow upland rice
I have just arrive from the village because I received information from my wife that people were jubilating in town because of GiveDirectly money. It was around 11:00am when I reached in town. I wasted no time but went in a picked up my phone. I switcjed it on and indeed, 35625LD was transferred from GiveDirectly. Before the transfer, I had doubts about the truthfulness of this program. Now those doubts are cleared. I bless God for GiveDirectly.
The first that came to my mind was to send my daughter's school fees in Monrovia, secondly, to plaster my house. My daughter did not go to school last year because there was no money. This year, GiveDirectly free me, now my wife and I are overly happy".
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
"Paying my daughter's school fees in Monrovia as a father with no major source of income.is the biggest difference in my life. Imagine the embarrassment because a father been unable to cater for his child or children's basic needs, especially education. This assistance is a once in a life time".
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
"I used a part of the money oney to pay my daughter's school fees. I habe saved the remaining portion because I intent to modernize my house bu plastering it. Upon receiving the secomd transfer, I will begin purchasing cement".
Enrolled
access_time over 1 year ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If am opportune to benefit from GiveDirectly cash transfer, I will firstly plaster my unfinished building and secondly will get involved into small business activities because of my vast knowledge.
What is the happiest part of your day?
For the past six months, my biggest daughter got her promotion to the 9th grade and that make me feel happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Some of the challenges I am facing now this the farming activities we are involved with. It's a serious hard labor work the make you older before your time.
