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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($339 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
We could not manage to build a house on our own but with this money we will have an ironsheet house we are very grateful
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Continue the good work the organisation is doing is rare to find an NGO like this
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
With the money we will buy a bed since we do not have one and the rest we will buy house building materials as we have agreed in our house to build a proper house
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($351 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
We were very happy to have seen the massage in my phone
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My life has changed completely because I now eat proper meals
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have managed to buy 25 iron sheets, matress, a bicycle
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving money from GIVEDIRECTLY means so much to me and my family because my husband does not have any reliable source of income, so with the transfer from GD it means that will be able to focus on other productive activities such as farming, since we do not have to spend much time looking for money for food and other basic needs.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am mostly happy in the evening when i am with my family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Mostly the main issue that we face is on how to find money to buy food since my husband does not work, each and every single day he has to wake up early in the morning to go and find a part time job in order to find money for food, and when there are no any jobs found, we sleep without eating anything, which makes it even more difficult for him to wake up the next morning to go for work.
