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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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 USD)
access_time almost 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 new goal before receiving the last transfer, I plan on building a house that which am doing right now.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is doing everything well, Give directly has improved our living conditions by sending us transfer.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my last transfer to buy zinc for my house, food and pay school fees for my kid.
3rd 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?
I had a goal before receiving the transfer, but I never had the finance to implement my plan. Give directly came and help me so am building the house that I couldn't afford to build in decades.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion Givedirectly is doing everything well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc to build a house for myself.
2nd 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?
Give directly took me from people house and now I'm building my own apartment.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm planning on building my own apartment
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 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 good because, I was in my house and it gets damage and no one was there to give me money to improve it. But after receiving this money, I was able to change my house with a new roof. So I am so happy.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I was struggling hard in the bush before getting money, but right now, through the help of give directly, my hard work in the bush has reduced, my life has improved and it going to another level. All what I wanted, are now in my care.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc to improve my house with a new roof, I paid my children school fees and I also started a new business.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"What I plan to do with my cash transfer is to sponsor my daughter in school, then the balance of the money will be placed into fish business; the earnings I can generate from my little cassava farm isn't enough to meet up with these demands. We are two on one man, when he hustles, whatever he gets he divides it into two, and my portion is too little to do much, so, GiveDirectly coming in to help will surely be a blessing to us."
What is the happiest part of your day?
"What brought me happiness in the last six months is, my daughter who happens to be my last child made a pass to the ninth grade class, what she did really brought me pride."
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"The challenges I'm faced with now are: 'getting my daughter enroll in school, and starting my fish business', these are some of my challenges, as I said, my husband isn't doing any good Jobs, including myself, when he hustles, the little he generates he shares it into two for I and my mate, summing it to what I can generate from my cassava farm isn't enough to meet all of my demands, as per our area, the fish business can really sell on this side, and this will enable me support my children and feed my home as well."
