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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
with my first and second transfer,i was able to buy two bundles of Zinc with ten sheets and paid the contractors money.Before Givedirectly came in my community, i was living in my father house with my wife and children. With the third transfer, i kept all of the money. Now, with the last transfer, i have developed a new goal which is i brought a motorbike to start a business to sustain my family when Givedirectly shall have left. My life is now better than before through the transfer from Givedirectly. Thanks to Givedirectly for making my life better especially having my own business to sustain my family life.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly did well in my community because Givedirectly give me money to help my family. Thanks to Givedirectly for making my life better.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I brought a motorcycle to sustain my family when Givedirectly shall have left my community. Thanks to Givedirectly for making me to own a business.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
My plan is to buy my owned motorbike for traffic business, farming was my sourced of livelihood, before than I will have to brush people farms the whole day just to get money to feel my family. But I'm so happy that I was enrolled on this program. And I'm running my owned motorbike getting money to improved my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly has done very well in my life and that of our village givedirectly was able to enrolled our entire village, givedirectly has changed our entire village with so many new houses. Givedirectly was able to make me buy my owned motorbike. I'm so thankful and happy to GiveDirectly for their support. In my opinion there's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received my transfer I was able to buy a motobike that cost 550USD. I'm so happy that I was enrolled on this program, now I have a new motorcycle running traffic. I'm so thankful to GiveDirectly for making my dream come to passed.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
When I received my first transfer I was very much happy. I was happy because in my whole life I haven't received such of money for free without paying back. It's has been my plan to build a house in my village. My new goal is to buy my owned motorbike, but I never had money to do so. I will ride for people the whole day just to get money. Now I decided to buy my owned motorbike for traffic that is my new goals
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly did very well in my life and that of our village. Givedirectly has make it now I am a bike owned. And I am also becoming a house owned, I'm grateful to Givedirectly that I was enrolled on this program. There's nothing that givedirectly hasn't done well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am planning to buy a motobike for traffic business.
I will used part of my transfer to buy enough foodstuff for my family. And the balance money I will buy additional building materials.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($282 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was on my way to a nearby town when I received a call from my village that says givedirectly has sent us money. I quickly stop the bike I was no to checked my phone. Luckily for me I saw a message with a huge amount of money in it. I was very happy and over joyful, I started praising God for his goodness that I was enrolled on this program.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life now is I'm able to build my own house, send my children to school, my children eats three times a day now. Before than I was in my father house riding his motorbike on contract before getting money to fees my family. Now with the help of givedirectly I have bought my owned motorbike. I'm not riding for my father anymore because I have my owned motorbike running trafficking making my owned money for my family and I. Now my family life has changed for the better.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on buying 4 bundles of zinc to build my owned house. And also paid my children school fees. My children are out of school because, I never had money to paid their fees. But with the money I have now I am going to register my children right away. I also want to build my own house because I am still living under my father roof with my children it embarrassing for me. I been plaining to build my own house. but I never had the support to accomplish my plan. But with the support from givedirectly my plan will be successful.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
When I am successful and receive transfer from GiveDirectly, I will use the transfer to build my own house, because right now the house I live belongs to my father.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Over the last six month my little brother graduated from elementary school and that shows to me that my effort is not in vain which brought me joy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I am a motorcyclist, and my challenge now is I am not able to generate sufficient cash from riding bike anymore to sustain my family.