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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($335 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
If i had not recieved the transfer i would have faced hunger. I bought food which we have been eating
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I think everything GD does is good.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have bought cement and bricks i want to build a house
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($352 USD)
access_time almost 4 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy as you know I am an old person ever since in my life I have never come to hold that huge kind of money I was very happy God bless you
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My diet has changed we used to eat only vegetables with only salt as condiment but now we are eating all kiind of food and i am always full than before
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent the on buying Iron sheets, doors for my new house as i was leaving in a grass thatched house and i also bought matress and food
Enrolled
access_time almost 4 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
This money will be helpful to me in a way that I will build a proper house because during rainy season i suffer by standing all night by the corner since my house is in bad shape and the house is always full of water due to rains and i will also buy matress just imagine I have never slept on a matress before better those that are still giving birth, when there are at the hospital they sleep on a matress but now I am old I can no longer give birth.
What is the happiest part of your day?
As long as I found food I am happy because I am at piece whenever I have no worries of food
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Loosing my child who was suppoting me in financial ways but now as old I am, I have to look for a casual labour to support my family and just last month I have also lost the grandchild that my daughter left me with
