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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
I had a goal before receiving this last transfer which was to start a business.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is doing everything well in my opinion, My children had been out of school due to the hardship but now am able to sell and pay their fees with my profit.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I started business with my recent transfer.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($279 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 name is Bendu Kiadiii, prior to receiving the money from Givedirect, my husband and myself have planned for me to go to hospital and take good treatment
Fortunately,we received the money and so I can to attend hospital for treatment.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
As I said earlier, the issue of getting money was one big problem with us in the family of which I have not gone to the hospital for treatment.
But, now we have been blessed by God grace and Givedirect gave us money on their program.
We are grateful and thankful to God first and Givedirect for the assistance given to us as a family.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am spending the money on my health to take a good treatment
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($297 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?
I want to send my children to school and I also want to sell and continue to send my children to school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In the past years, my children have not been in school because, I could not afford money for my children to continue to go to school. I used to take sellpay before eating. After receiving this money from give directly people, my life has improved and my children are now happy in school. Give directly people have not done anything bad to me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I want to send my children to school and do business.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I feel fine because, I was not having money to send my children to school.. After receiving the money, it makes me happy.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Starting my own business and paying my children school fees was not easy for me. But now, I am happy because, I can afford for my children to go to school and I will continue to maintain the business to improve my children and I lives.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid my children school fees and I am trying to do business.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
" This money, you see this house is my mother who built it, I don't have my own house. Even the zinc over the house is very old. If GiveDirectly give my husband and I this money, we will start business so we can build our own house. Secondly, I have children going to school, but last year some of them didn't do to school because the hand is not there, so when the money comes, I will register them to continue their schooling."
What is the happiest part of your day?
" We can't remember being happy over the past six months because NGO hardly come to us here. I can say we are happy today because of you people coming here today to help us. Thank God for GiveDirectly and thank God for you who work for GiveDirectly."
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
" Money is our main challenge, if we do burn fire coal, we can get money, we have to do hard labor work like cutting trees down to burn before we get money. Food is one of our surfing that we are going through, we can make farm but the soil is not rich for rice production because we are not far from the sea, so food business is hard."
