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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?
I don't having new goals before receiving this transfer; i decided to get new Generator for business purpose so i can be charging phones in the community .
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
From the beginning of this program until now ; Give Directly had make my life smooth interm of money availability;looking at things I don't know anything that GD did that is not well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to Purchase new Generator for business purpose and get additional zinc for the construction of my house .with this new Generator i will be abel to charge phones in this town and people will not run out of current easily.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($246 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?
RE: Our normal hustle here before givedirectly was cassava patch and rice farm every year
It was not easy but at least we was surviving.
my woman produce fufu from the cassava and sell it and that was how we survived.
I had always wanted a decent home for my children and i.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
RE: In my opinion givedirectly is doing extremely well for us. The help givedirectly is giving us is a blessing and for that we remain grateful.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
RE: I spend the most of my transfers on paying my children school fees which was always a problem because of our financial constrains.
I completed my house which was almost completed before the coming of givedirectly.
And finally purchase a generator to electrify my house.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($248 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?
Many thanks to Givedirectly for their support. My plans was to registered my children in school. But I never had money to do so. I'm so thankful to GiveDirectly that I was enrolled on this program. and my new goals is to buy generator to put light in my house. I'm so happy that my life has changed for the better
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion givedirectly did very well in my life and that of our village. Givedirectly was able to enrolled almost the entire village. Givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I withdraw my transfer, I will register my children in school. And I will also buy my big generator for my house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($236 USD)
access_time almost 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt impressed upon receiving the grant because all my incomes in my life have never reached to the amount I'm receiving from Give Directly's program. I'm a subsistant farmer with 7 living children, the little harvests collected from the farm is sold to take care of my family and me as a way of living. This income is not enough to achieve our family's plans. But with the intervention of Give Directly's program in our lives, we will utilize the cash grant for children fees payment and to build a house for the family. My children have being sent out of school at the ending of first semester but because of the financial constraints, they all have being sitting down. Give Directly cash grant has re-enrolled them with the first transfer and the rest will be invested into house construction.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest change Give Directly cash grant payment has brought it my life is, my seven (7) have being re-enrolled back into school. And plan to improve my house is about to be accomplished as I collect my balance transfers.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The first transfer was spent on my children school fee payment and the future transfers will be used for my family house construction.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"The plans that I have to do with the money, are to complete my house, buy other house materials and send my children to school. I intend to do these things because for a long time I have been unable to do these because of money".
What is the happiest part of your day?
"What really makes me feel happy, is when I don't have any to afford and then someone gives it to me. It brings me lot of happiness".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"The biggest challenge right now is money business, as we speak my children were sent out of school because of the same problem. It is my major challenge because, when you have money you can afford to do anything for yourself and family".
