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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($337 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?
My life has really changed with the coming of givedirectly into our village. I had no house but now I will soon own a house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Everything that Givedirectly is doing is oky and I am grateful for being in the program
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the money I received to buy mattress, bicycle, timber, saved some money use when building my 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?
I danced the whole day as my eyes could not believe the money was finally in
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I was starving and could sometimes sleep on empty stomachs and that is now a thing of the past
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have used my money to buy 24 iron sheets for my new house as I lacked a proper house; I have also bought 4 bags of maize for food as I was starving; I have also bought some 4 bags of fertilizers for my garden
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
The money will assist me and my children to afford a good house,food and house utensils. I shall also buy mattress for me and the kids as well as their school uniform and warm clothes as they struggle in winter.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Mornings
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The divorce with my husband hit me the hardest and hearing that he went to South Africa after divorce means he won't be helping anymore.
