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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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My goal is to build a new house with a shop attached to it, the house I am staying in right now is a family house that I can't depend on fully. I believe that when I run a shop business here with foodstuffs, I will raise good profit, that is why I am saving to achieve my goal.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by helping us without any strings being attached to their help, they are kind and patient when conducting interviews with us, I don't know what the organization is not doing well because I am satisfied with everything.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I haven't yet withdrawn my most recent transfer because I want to add the remaining transfer to it to start my house project in this town.
2nd 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 plan to build my house, I plan to start a new business and I also plan to pay my children school fees.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly did well for me by sending me this transfer to start the building process. This transfer helps me to solved problems that I could not solve all by myself.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc and cement to start the building process and I have also paid my children school fees.
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 felt very happy and excited when I received the money. I have been planning to build a house but no finance to start my building project, this money helped me a lot to buy building materials.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life is that my life is improving since I received my first transfer. I won't be living in people house, very soon I will have my own house to live in.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought two bundles of Zinc to build a house for myself.
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 will build our own house because the house we are in now is a family house and very old now.
We have planned to build our own house right in town here but I have not been able to raise money for that. The coal work we are engaged in here to produce, sell and earn money from it to implement our plan is not giving us much money as expected because there are two many people engaged in it too for business and maybe for the same purpose like ours.. As the result, the price has dropped drastically thereby affecting our plan of building our own house as planned.
Part of the reasons we have not be able to build our own house is that I am a parents less child. In other words, my mother and father are no more. As such, things are very difficult for me as it relates everything better like can offer.
So if GD will give us the money as was promised, that will be a dream come through for us to have our own home.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Yes, I am very happy the fact that I got life. I know once there is life, there is hope and a future. So I am very happy no matter what. Besides this, ( having life) the past six months, I am yet to remember something that made me happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenge for me here is how to raise money to support my family as it relates to food provision medical treatment for me and my family and as well as being able to implement my plan of building our own house.
I considered money as the major challenge because, it is very difficult to get here. Besides, to do a lot of things any one needs to do here, like food, getting people to work for you, all required money.
