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Mina

Country:

malawi

Occupation:

Casual labor

Age:

Campaign

Malawi Large Transfers

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2nd Payment

Transfer Amount

264000 MWK ($338 USD)

3 years ago

How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?

My life has changed completely because I now have a well roofed house.

In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?

Give directly has helped me to have a new house with the transfer received

What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?

I managed to buy 10 bags of cement and baglar bars with the transfer received from give directly

Initial Payment

Transfer Amount

271500 MWK ($351 USD)

over 3 years ago

Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?

I was very happy that finally I will be able to do things that i could not do without money

Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.

Before we were very needy people even we could not afford to have our own toilet but now we have through this money

What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?

First of all I did not have a toilet so I built a toilet, I bought Mattress, cement, Iron sheets, fertiliser, food and maize

Enrolled

over 3 years ago

What does receiving this money mean to you?

I will use this money to build another house abd buy food in my home. I will also buy goats to rear

What is the happiest part of your day?

I am mostly happy when i have money and food for my family

What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?

I have problems to find enough money to buy clothes food and a proper place to skeep for my grandchildren