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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The new goal I have set before receiving this transfer is to buy one small Ice box freezer to start.selling cold drinking water.
No one is selling cold water in this village.
Many people leave the community just to buy cold drinking water in the nearby biggest town. Since birth, this is the first of it kind to receive huge money from NGO freed . Thanks to Givedirectly for empowering me financially. I believe that with my planned to invest in to business, I will be able to generate more money to pay my son school fees.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Givedirectly is one of the best organizations in Liberia for now.Through Givedirectly direct cash supports to families, many people are now improving their dwelling houses to zinc. Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. There is no system in Givedirectly style of implementation that needs improvement.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have not yet bought anything with my recent transfer. My plan is to buy one small strong ice box freezer to start selling cold water in this village. Givedirectly came as a surprise to everyone in this village. Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash supports. It is through Givedirectly cash supports that many are now building decent zinc houses in this village. I believe that with my transfer from Givedirectly, my long time suffering will soon come to an end..
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My goal is to complete my house. I also want to build a charging booth. I have pay for the generator along with some materials that will be used in my booth.Am glad to be part of this program.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
The good thing Give Directly has good for is unable to explain. I was suffering to make life only farming I been surviving on. Through Give Direct program, I have built a house of my own. Am happy to be part of this program cause my life is really changing.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My transfer was used to buy one generator. I also bought some cement bags to plaster my house. I also buy some wire, core and chargers to start my business very soon.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($275 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Through this money from Givedirectly, my first and second transfer was used to buy a generator and chargers to start a busines for my family support My recent transfer, i have developed a new goal. I bought three bundles of Zinc and nails to build a new house because i am living in a very old thatch house which been leaking for the past years before Givedirectly came in to my life.With this money now, my life is better than before. Thanks Givedirectly for making my life to change .
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I appreciate Givedirectly for the grant given to me because I was surprised of such assistance in my life
All of Givedirectly activities went well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
With this money, i was able to paid for three bundles of Zinc and nails to build a new house. My living condition had been very bad because my source of livelihood had been making cassava farm and rice farm. I am happy and satisfied with every activities
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($265 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was brushing on my farm when I received my first mobile money alert to my phone. I was very much happy and didn't know what to do. I sat down on the ground and started to sing and dance. Since birth, I have not hundle huge amount of money. My dream as a young man in this village has been to build my own house but due to hardship, I have been living in my aunt house for the past six years. Thanks to Givedirectly for empowering me financially. I believe that with my transfer from Givedirectly , my dream to live an independent life will surely come to pass.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference this tranfer is that I am now able to afford money to target my long awaited plan to build my own house.
Secondly, through Givedirectly cash support, I am now a business man . Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. I believe that with my transfer, the suffering I am undergoing will soon be over.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spend my most recent transfer to buy one bundle of zinc. I am awaiting the next transfer to start building my house immediately. There is no charging boot in this village.I spend some of my most recent transfer to purchase new tiger generator to start charging phones in this village for money. Thanks to Givedirectly for the kind gesture. I believe that with my idea of making business , I will be able to generate more money to complete my building process.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
The house I am currently living in I am paying rent per month. I pay a sum of $1,000 LRD every month and have been doing so for more than 2 years now. I am renting from my Aunty because I can not afford to construct my own house now. Due to the poor condition of where I am currently living, my spouse left me in search of a better sleeping place. If I am successful for GiveDirectly unconditional cash transfer program; I intend to use the money to construct my own house and to also establish business to sustain my family and I.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Climbing on palm trees with reeves to cut palm to feed my family is a very difficult job for one to do. Doing such a work and have not experienced any injury or incidence of falling from a palm tree brings me happiness. Besides, going through this hard struggle to enable me send my son to school and seeing him making a successful pass at the end of the academic year makes me to feel so happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My major source of income has been palm cutting. This is the job I have been doing from age 13 time till now I am 29 years of age. Doing this work as a means of livelihood for more than 10 unbroken years is very difficult. Besides, it poses serious danger to my life and that of my family. I find myself engage with palm cutting because it is the only skills I have. Even up to present, I am still cutting palm to sustain my family and I. Finding an alternative to this source of income that will make me to leave palm cutting is the greatest challenge I am facing.
