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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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 was really struggling with my education since I started,but upon receiving my fourth transfer I decided on using it to pay my tuition and also buy some provisions for me
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is doing well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent most of it on my education
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($284 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?
Yes, my new goal is to build my own house where I and my family can stay. Special thanks and appreciation goes to Give Directly and her donors for providing me with the opportunity in making my dreams and aspirations come true. Let me be frank with you, Give Directly has done and is doing great things for me. Before this program could cover me, things were very hard. At times, we had to cover three hours walking distance to sell fufu just to buy foodstuff to survive.Currently, things has become very easy for us. Give Directly Cash transfer program has given me some status at the community level. Give Directly has putting smiles on our faces. At the results of the program, I was started buying my house materials for my building project
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Giving recipient cash directly to recipient
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
House materials
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?
My new goal is to build a house in Cestos city for my family and I. Before receiving this second transfer, my number one goal was to enrolled back in school. This was very challenging for me because my family and i didn't had money. And I had this guit that i have failed my parents by getting myself pregnant, which was the cause of me dropping out of school. However, that has been achieved by the first transfer that i did receive. Now building a house in Cestos city is my biggest dream and not only me but my entire family.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I like GiveDirectly so very much as a new type of NGO that I do not even know how to say thank you! For me all I do know and see about this organisation is well and have not seen any bad side. The organisation is doing so much well for my family and I. Had it not been GiveDirectly I didn't even know how getting back to school and even thinking of constructing a house in Cestos would have been possible. All I can say to GiveDirectly is thank you for being here for us.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I will spend my second transfer on buying house materials to construct a new house on the land that my father bought in Cestos city. Since my father bought that land, he has not been able to build on it because of no money. It took him several years of saving to amount to the price of purchasing that land in Cestos city. This second transfer have give my family and I the chance of building our house in the city of Cestos. We will not have to pay for house rent in Cestos to go to school anymore and niether are we going to worry of house to sleep in when traveling back from Monrovia to home (River Cess County).
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 at the moment I saw the Money in my phone, I came home and my entire family and I was celebrating
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Presently because of the cash transfer givedirectly give me I am feelings financially independent than before. At first beforegivedirectly transfer i always had to asked my family and friends for help concerning my school, but with givedirectly transfer I am no longer asking family and friends to help me with my school activities.
And this feeling is amazing, therefore i am grateful to God and givedirectly for this help.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am a student in the 9th Grade I used majority of my money to pay my school fees and use some to purhase my schools materials.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Since I have been suffering from financial problem, I will used this money to improve my small business and then used the rest of my money to buy my land and build my own house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
After a day of hard work, when my friends and I sit together to lecture and they begin to tell me that despite all of difficulties I'm going through right now, there is still hope of living a better life so I become hopeful and happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My dreams I have always been to achieve higher education, but since 2020 I got impregnated and dropped out of school, I haven't been able to return due to lack of finance or support from any family member. I have always wish to have a house of my own at my age but due to lack of finance I have been unable to achieve that goal.
