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?
When my first payment dropped I had plans to invest in my agriculture farm, I bought my fertilizer and other things I needed for my farm. Now I have new goals, I been thinking about changing my roof and fix all the doors in my house
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Good thing about give directly they took us from poverty and the criminal rate used to be really hard. The good thing we have money we can now protect our land and kids.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on building materials
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($287 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?
Yes, I had other plans
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing everything very good
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on improving 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?
Yes I have a new goal that I want to achieve. l want to fix my house and put some extension to it; I want it to be more comfortable for me. For now, this is the only thing on my mind to do.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I love the system of GiveDirectly; that is, they give us the transfer free without anything attached to it. I also love the way they talk to me each time I am being interview. I have not yet noticed anything wrong about GiveDirectly to talk about.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the second transfer to buy zinc for my house; I also bought food for my family. I bought fertilizers for my farm to give me more produce. The remaining money, I paid my daughter school fees with it.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($273 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The money brought joy to me because, this is my first time to ever received such a huge amount of money.
Secondly, I wanted money mostly to settle my children school fees
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My activity have been farming work but looking at the assistance that is coming now, I am planning to open shop and do small business
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am a farmer and so when I received the message, immediately I went to Monrovia to cash out.
I bought fertilizer bag for my garden , chemical and food.
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I will pay my children school fees. I will also put some of the money in business to be able to earn more to keep paying my children school fees. Depending on the amount, I will do slipper business and another thing that I will think on later. I want to do this because the bush work is hard.
What is the happiest part of your day?
For the time mentioned, I have not really seen anything that make me happy; because no food for me and my children. Everyday that hard work for me before we eat.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Some of the challenges I am experiencing here now is food. To find food daily is very difficult. Like today, the small money I earned from burning cold that it I sent my daughter in the market to buy food.
