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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?
No!! My initial planned was to build my own house, I have been living in my brother in law house dor years and that has cause them serious embarrassment; because their children had to stay with them in the same room. So had to go by my previous planned.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly do well by empowering us to be able to have a better living place; and to be an independent household.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spend my most recent transfer to complete my house project.
3rd 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'm planning on improving my house
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 improving my house
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($286 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?
I had plans to buy my own motorbike and build my house
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing everything well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on building materials
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If we are successful to receive the cash transfer we plan to build our own house; it has been our plan to build our own structure because where we are staying is my husband brother's house and the one room he offer us is his children's room; now his children has to move in the stranger room. He is the town imman, and for his position he recieved guest every time, when that happen the children will have to spend the night in the living room, and most often they are coming down with malaria because of mosquito and that cause serious embarrassment for them as family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last 6 months, what has brought joy in my life is this October when I visited my mother and I met her in good health. Since I left my mother 2019 I have not been opportune to visit her.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenge we are face with is food; our only source of income is fufu business. When we have planted the Cassava and ready for harvest; we have to produce it to fufu before selling it; and sometime when we take 2bags of fufu to the market all will not be bought and we will have to transport the remaining one back to the town and after transporting the remaining one any amount that will remain will be used to buy few cups of rice and cooking materials; sometimes we will be left with nothing and my husband will have to borrow rice from his brother before having food for that day.
