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?
Yes. My plan have drawn on building a house for myself and avoid living in people houses because this is one opportunity for me to build my own house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirect is extremely doing pretty well for me because since I started receiving money from Givedirect, my hardship came to an stop.
The hard work that I was used to do have reduced to some extend
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am buying house materials and labor payment for the contractor as well as food
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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 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 giving me this transfer. It is through this transfer that I am able to build my house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc to start my building process and I have paid my children school fees.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($283 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I rejoice and dance because I was happy to see such an amount of money coming to me first time in my life
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
l I was used to make and it have small money as compare to what we are receiving from GD.
So things are much more better than before.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the money to purchase households items and food
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I planned to pay my children's school fees so the can be educated. I believe that education is important in the world we are living in now. Long ago our people didn't educate us and we live with the results without discriminate but today, if you are not educated, people will laugh at you and I believe that the generation after will be more digital than now so educating my children today will prepared them for the future. Secondly, I want to build my house here because I am currently living in family house. I will leave my children behind so I need to build a house that they can be proud of as their own property.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Living in this rural community, waking up in the morning by 6AM and staying the whole day in the forest among snakes and other dangerous wildlife and returning safely in the cool afternoon by 7pm is the most happiest part of my day, I mean everyday I returned from the bush, I am happy and I give God the glory for bringing me back safely so I sit with friends and we have evening conversation and we laughed together happily.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My challenge is finance. I want to educate my children, I want to build a house and many more depend on finance. If I had cash all what I am referring to as planned now would have been accomplishment. I have to cut now trees to produce fire coal to sell in order to earn cash and the cash from hard labor is not sufficient to sustain the household and at the same time carry out development. I understand that coal burning is harmful to the environment because it completely destroy the forest and you can see, there is no forest here now. Our children are not able to see the trees spices we saw and animals as well. So we are asking people who are protecting the environment to fund DiveDirectly because if we received this transfer, we will stop burning coal for sometime.
