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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($338 USD)
access_time 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 ABOUT TO BUILD MY OWN HOUSE, SOMETHING I COULD NOT DO ON MY OWN
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING NOTHING BUT GOOD BY GIVING US MONEY
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I BOUGHT FLAME, POLES, WINDOWS. I WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($352 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
this money has brough more joy in my life when I first saw a message that I have received the money I thought it was just a joke until I went to an agent and withdraw the money it was all like a dream to me
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I am living in a very health environment now and every member of my family is living a happy life we never thought we can live in an iron thatched house ever
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought iron sheets to improve my house roofing, a Bicycle to be used on long distances i used some money to buy school uniform for my children and the remaining I bought food
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I will build a house with this money, I had bricks all along but I couldn't use them because I didn't have money to buy other building materials such as cement. With this money I will buy cement, blankets abd clothes for my kids.
What is the happiest part of your day?
We are always happy during harvest time because i have food in our family and when we sell some we have money that enable us to buy stuff we lack
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
we have never had enough food in our family and this makes it hard for us to be happy
