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?
My main goal is selling red oil by tin and other dry goods. Ive being sick and diagnosed of diabete. Due to this i could not do any hard work so i stopped going on the farm. Life became so difficult till GiveDirectly camr with theit cash transfers which change my life totally. Life is now better than before because of GiveDirectly.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly di well in helping to do business to improve my livelihood. Now I'm selling from the cash transfer given me by GiveDirectly. I want to say a big thank you for all what they have done for me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on dry goods such as rice oil vita, pepper, salt, onions, etc
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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?
Yes, I didn't have the goal of doing a palm oil business but when I received a huge amount of money from GiveDirectly, I thought to do something that will enable me to always have cash. I established a new business.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
When the staff visit the field, they talk to us in a kind manner. When I felt sick, I didn't have money to visit the hospital and so I borrowed money. It's because of GiveDirectly's help that I'm able to pay my debtors. I'm convinced that GiveDirectly is doing a great job.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought palm oil which is cheaper during the dry season and expensive during the rainy reason. With the huge profits I will make from the sales, I will help my family in many ways. I also bought food and paid my debts.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($267 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy when I received this money. I was very sick and had nowhere to get money to buy to go to hospital or buy medicine for my illness. My son dropped out of school because there was no money to pay his tuitions.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
There are some improvement in my daily life since I started receiving this money. My health condition have improved, I'm doing a little business on my own and I have paid my son school fees for the semester.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid my son's school fees with some of my money, I bought medicine for my illness and I bought goods with the balance money to sell
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I receive this money, I will use some to start a business and use the balance to pay my son school fees which will bring me joy.
The reason I want to make business with some of the money, I believe it will help improve our living conditions, my son and I.
My husband and I had a large business running before and we also build houses to maintain the family but he left me and marry another woman so I left everything with him went away with one of my sons, since then, I have been striving to get things working for us.
What is the happiest part of your day?
One thing that has brought me Joy or happiness is when a man who is one of my sisters neighbour promised to pay my son school fees.
I send my son to spend time with my sister and her family, there where the man saw my son and started liking him, thereby promising to pay his school fees and also took him to his house to spend time with he and his family as well.
The reason this has brought me joy or happiness is because I haven't been able to pay my son fees so seeing someone who is not even related to us saying such thing, has brought me so much joy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The main challenge I'm facing is the lack of Money.
As I said earlier my husband and I divorced in 2016 and since then, things haven't been easy for me, especially taking care of my son and also trying to send him to school.
