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Jacob
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
66
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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?
No New plan my previous plan still stand to improve my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly did extremely well for me through the help of Give directly i my financial crisis was settled.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought 3bundles of Zine and 15 packs of nails and others assorted building materials and i used some of my transfer to buy food and mattress.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 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?
The plan is to reconditioned my house into a good shape and complete my children school fees payment
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
If I could sing or dance, I could have make a a new song for Givedirect in my dialect, because I am still wondering and I can't get over the kind of thing that Givedirect did for me. It's only God that know how happy I am and not man.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The money paid my children school fees and the balance money was used to paid people for my farming work
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($281 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?
I plan to pay my son school fees, build my house and to buy mattress.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Paying my son school fees, buying mattress and even trying to build my house. These are all good things that give directly did for me. In the past months, I used to do a very hard work in the bush before my family can survive. But after receiving this money from give directly, my life has changed and the hard work has reduced.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc to start the building process, paid my son school fees and I also bought mattress for my room.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
My name is Jacob Bowier ID-05023 from Tenneh Town, Dowein District Bomi County Liberia. I felt so happy when I received my cash transfer because I was in debt from my son lost motorcycle, and I was so worried over they means to get money to built house for my self
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I am so much relax now than before. Moreover, I have the confidence that I can built myself a house
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I use my money to pay debt against lost motorcycle, and use some money to buy zinc bundle and food for my home
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"What I plan to do with my cash transfer is, to invest into agriculture, this will really help, because my family had been facing so much financial difficulties, I'll really love to have Peanut, Corn, Banana farms, reason being, these foods are the fastest selling produce in this rural region, in doing this, I will be able to help my family live a better life, and also contribute to our economy at large."
What is the happiest part of your day?
"What brought me happiness in the last six months is, my eldest son, Maxwell Bowier, was able to solicit loan from a friend, which he had invested into business, and his business is flourishing, and it had reduced some of my financial burdens, and had brought me proud as well."
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"Those challenges I'm currently faced with are, firstly, the issue of sending my children to school, secondly, feeding them, and lastly, to build my own house within this town, these are all challenges I'm faced with, reason being, the crops I have aren't much, and sometimes it takes eight to nine months to produce before harvesting; I sell those produce, the little cash I raise is what I use to support my children in school and feed the home as well. After attending to these demands, there can be nothing much left to even start my building project, and there are times where I can fall short, in the sense, the dears and other animals can sometimes waste our efforts by eating these crops, which can lead to shortage in fund, and cases effect on my children's school fees payment."