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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($340 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I would be living in poverty without hope but the funds have really changes our lives and we are grateful
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
You are doing a very good job and please continue helping us poor people our lives are changing for the better
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
i have saved the money since i want to renovate my house after the rainy season
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($352 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment i received the money message i did not believe it my self i had to ask a couple of people to read out the message for me not because i don't know how to read,but because i coudn't believe it, i was over the moon that i even singed my lungs out for Give Directly.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
So far there is a big difference with how i used to be and how I am as of now,in the past years I used to worry and stress alot about finding money for my farm in puts especially fertilizer but to day i am all calm knowing that I am sorted this year looks like it's going to be a great year with great harvest I really thank you Give Directly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When i received the transfer the first thing to buy was iron sheets I did this because I have plans to build a house as currently I live in a kitchen and I'm just waiting for dry season to do that since it's a bit difficult to build a house in this rain season,secondly i bought a bicycle in our village any one who owns a bicycle is a very respected person so I did not buy the bicycle for business but I bought it for household purposes, i then use the other part of the transfer to buy farm inputs like fertiliser and i also bought some maize for food,also when I received the transfer I was 8 months pregnant and I use part of it to buy baby staff and paying hospital bills the transfer really helped me.
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access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I'm so excited about the programme and i have been hearing about gd for a while,when we received a message that gd is coming in this village i was very happy and I'm still happy.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I'm always happy in the evening because that's when I get to find food to eat with my children because my husband went to South Africa.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship is i don't have a house I'm living in a kitchen and if i will really receive this money the first thing i will do is building a house.
