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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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
Yes, I had plans to build 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 building my house
3rd 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?
I been living in my family house for many years now, I born almost all of my children in my parents house. With my Give Directly transfer, I decided to build a small house right next to my family house to help reduce the amount of people living in the 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 building my house
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have new goals that I didn't have before receiving the transfer, which is building a house for myself.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing everything well for me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my transfer to educate my children, feed my family and I invested the balance in business.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I feel happy because, I was really thinking how will I send my children to school, because there was no money after my children father passed away. So I was happy when I received this money . I was able to send my children to school.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
In the past months, I was really struggling to survive, where in, I will sell fish the whole day but still no money to eat. But after receiving this transfer from give directly, I was able to solve some of the problems.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I paid my children school fees and saved some money because I want to build my house.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"I am a woman who just lost her husband. If I am successful to receive the cash transfer from GiveDirectly, I will used the cash to expand my dry fish selling business.
I believe by doing so will help to provide food, shelter, clothes as well as tuition for my 2 children".
What is the happiest part of your day?
" What has brought joy or happiness in my life in the last six months was last week when the district commissioner told us that GiveDirectly is currently working in the district and might visit your town. I was so happy because I know and have the faith of benefiting from the program".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"The challenge I'm currently faced with right now is finance.
I am a widow with 2 kids; The profit I raised from the business that I currently do is very small to need our daily needs. I need money to expand my dry fish selling business so as to cater to my children and myself now that the head of our household is dead".
