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Jestina
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
46
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My new goal is to build a new house for my family and I to have a better ,i want to appreciate them for what they have done for me i never had a better life before .
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing well for us by giving us the opportunity to have a good life, i was living in poverty since I was born nobody hasn't help me like how give directly help me get my life back together. I don't see anything wrong about what GiveDirectly is doing for the country. I want to say a very big thank you to the entire GiveDirectly family.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on 3 bundle of Zinc and 45 pieces of planks,and 3packs of Zinc nails, to enable me build my house in kileapo kanweaken.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($245 USD)
access_time almost 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 do have a new goal. I want to buy additional land(1 lot).
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing very well by giving us money to build houses and help improve our family lives, especially in the southeast.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have not cashed out my most recent transfer. While it is true I haven't cashed out my most recent transfer, I planned to buy building materials to build one house, and buy land (1lot)
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($247 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 don't have any new goals, because I already had a goal before receiving the transfe, so I decided to continue with my old goal which is to buy planks and cement to start my building project. Because it has been my plan to build a decent house for my family and I to live a good life.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly can help people with money, so they can develope their community, send their children school and to also do business. GiveDirectly don't take food nor water or anything from people.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
What I am planning to do with my money, is to buy planks and cement to start my building project, because it has been my plan to build a decent house for my family and I to live a good life.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"It has been my plan to construct a new home for the past two years now but lack of finances had prevented me from doing so. My family and myself rely on our farm products which at times is not sufficient to take us to the next farming season but because of we have to pay rent, we are forced to sell our products to pay rent. So, upon receiving this money, I will happily build my own dwelling place!"
What is the happiest part of your day?
"My greatest joy of recent was to enter the new year 2022. Many people died last year while others felt severely killed but my family and I made it to the new year without any one falling ill".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"My family and myself make farm yearly to take care of our daily needs and wants but they're are not taken care of adequately because the earnings from the sale of the harvest aren't often huge to cover all of our needs and wants least to mention saving some of the money, as such, plans of saving money to build our own home had become a manor challenge over the past five years".