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?
I am Maima Parker from Nyamah town, Bomi county Liberia.I don't have a new goal. I planned to send my three children to school and start business before I started receiving cash transfer from Givedirectly and I have the same goal presently.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly always transferring money to my mobile account on a monthly basis according to schedule. They are always checking to make sure that I receive transfer. Givedirectly don't accept gift from anyone. I am very proud of Givedirectly. I am not aware of anything that Givedirectly didn't do well in this village.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I did payment of my children balance school fees and added to my existing business.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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?
My goal is to build my own house because I want to give it to my children for their inheritance, I have been living in my neighbor house for more than a year now since I lost my first house. I want to build a more decent and comfortable house for my family so that we can have a better place to live together. I also want to improve the business I am presently running so that I can generate more profit from it.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well by advising us properly before sending us the transfers, it serves as guidelines for us to help ourselves though they are not forcing us to follow the exact examples they showed us during our town hall meeting with them, they are also kind and patient with us during interviews and they are straight in their processes. GiveDirectly is doing everything well, I don't have anything to say about GiveDirectly that they are not doing well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have not withdraw my recent transfer yet because of some busy schedule, but I want to use it to buy building materials to start my house project, I will also use some to improve my business and the remaining amount will be use to buy food for my family.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($270 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I am Miama Parker from Nyamah Town, Bomi County Liberia. I was very excited upon receiving cash transfer massage from Givedrectly because, I was out of business and was crediting goods from people selling to get my daily bread.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Since I started receiving cash transfer from Givedrectly, I now have my own business,my children are in school and have food to eat on a daily basis. Life is much better for me than before. I am also planning to start building my own house upon receiving my second cash transfer. I am so excited and want to extend thanks and appreciation to Givedrectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Upon cashing out my transfer money, I started my own business, bought three half bags of rice and did payment of my three children school fees.
Enrolled
access_time almost 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My children are not in school presently, and my husband is not working, therefore I will firstly pay my children tuitions.
The compound I am in currently doesn't belong to me. I want to build my own compound. I will spend some of my money in building my own compound.
What is the happiest part of your day?
On September 9, 2021, I give birth to a bouncing baby boy successfully which brought joy to me and my family. I am also happy because of GD program being in our community today.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Food business is really giving me problem, my husband is not well, he has stomach problem, he is also an operation patient. I sometimes go and do contract on other community dwellers farm inorder for me and my family to have food to eat. I am a baby mother.
