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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($336 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?
I am now happy with less stress to where to find food, my children look good with the clothes that i bought for them and i now have a house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
The organisation is doing well by helping people without showing any favoritism.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have spent the transfer on bricks, cement , food and have saved part of the money.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($348 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Simply I was very happy and overwhelmed
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
If things have improved one tad bit in my life, it is all because of this program. Auntie, I was in dire poverty. I had no food or a descent sleeping space. But now I have all of that and can only rejoice.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent the transfer to my satisfaction by buying some 9f the things I wanted the most yet could not afford in a very long time. I bought myself a very good foam mattress, enough food for the household, and used the lions' share to buy construction materials for my dream house.
Enrolled
access_time almost 4 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Building my own house is what recieving this money means to me when my husband left for south Africa in 2017 i was living with his Parents and they never treated me well he stopped sending money and life became tough when i told my mother she told me to come back home and she gave me a house that iam living in now with my son and my little sister, I would like to to use this money to build my own so i can live a happy life
What is the happiest part of your day?
Am happy during afternoon hours because its when we eat a proper meal with my family mostly we might skip breakfast but atleast lunch no and this is what makes it my happiest part of the day
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My husband going to South Africa and about forget me is the biggest hardship i have faced in my life when i was moving from my mothers house i felt like i have grown up and its time for me to now start looking after my mother but just after my husband left alot of things changed and when things got worse i decided to go back home
