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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($248 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My most recent transfer was spent on buying cartoons fish for sale.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is like a little god to me because they make my household fee like human, to giving us unconditional cash. GiveDirectly has never done anything wrong.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My wife and I still hold up to our previous plans or goals by sending our children to school, building our house and to establish a small business.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
" Financially I'm incapacitated. Last December my wife underwent surgery in fishtown hospital which caused us lot of money since then things haven't been easy . Getting food for my family had been difficult . Secondly paying my children school fees had also been challenging because we don't have any means of income accept the little farm we survive on . "
What is the happiest part of your day?
Last month December my wife got pregnant, but unfortunately it was ectopic pregnancies. She needed surgery urgently but I didn't have enough money for surgery but my mother inlaw credited me 34900. It brought so much happiness because no one could have given me that kind of money. Blessed God for a successful surgery ."
What does receiving this money mean to you?
" My wife had an ectopic pregnancies and was operated on in fishtown this gone December. After the operation things haven't been easy financial if eligible I want to establish a business for my wife.I will also pay labourers to help me cultivate larger portions of farm which will enable me produce enough crops for harvest and market. "
