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.
Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
There will be no further updates from this completed recipient.
4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($280 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
check
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I don't have a new goal but I am still working on improving my house, so after receiving my last transfer I spent all to get planks and zinc to roof my house.
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 spent my last transfer to buy zinc and planks to roof my house.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
attach_money
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
When i received the money i thought on paying the children school fees that was the best thing . This money really hellped me and im so grateful to GiveDirectly.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly help poor people to grrow by sending them money to make their lives better.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid the children school fees and iI use some of the money to buy rroofing materials, mattres and food,
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
As you can see, my house does not have zinc on the roof except the palm fronds. As a result, my house leaks each time the rain falls and it wets things in my room. When I am not around and rain starts to fall, it makes me to worry every time. So when I receive this money, I plan to build a more decent place that will make me not to worry each day when there is a heavy downpour of rain.
The next thing I will want to do with the money when I receive it is, to pay my children's school fees. Since schools have started registration for the new academic year, I have not been able to raise money to pay my children's school fees. It has actually been worrying me too. So when I get this money, I will use some of the money to send them to school so that they can get better education and become good people in the future.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months, I can't really point to anything that has made me very happy except for the gift of life. When I have the strength to get up every morning and find food for my family, I feel happy that I can provide for my family once again.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
One of my challenges is to find food to feed my family. This year, we never make our farm because my spouse was not here. He was seriously ill and taken to the sick bush for treatment. Because of the length of time he spent there, the time for planting passed and I couldn't make a farm on my own. Now that we are almost at the end of the year, things have become very tough for me and my family especially when it comes to getting food to feed the family. Because of this reason, my spouse lay baskets in the St. Paul River to make a catch and sell just for us to have something to eat.
