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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD
access_time almost 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Actually I was and still a farmer but I couldn't afford to what I wanted to but with the help of GIVE DIRECTLY, My new goal is to complete my house project and also to support my children in school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion Give Directly did well for my family because for the first time I was able to pay my daughter who is attending the university tuition. There's nothing that Give Directly did that I don't like.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My recent transfer was spend on cement to plaster my house and and also to pay my children tuition.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD
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?
I don't have any new goals, because I already had a goal before receiving the transfer, so I decided to continue with my old goal which is to buy ten bags of cement to plaster my house and to pay the person who will do the work. Because it been my plan for my family and I to live in a decent house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly can help people with money, for them to build house, start business and send their children school. GiveDirectly does not take water nor food nor water or anything from people.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
What I am planning to do with my money, is to buy ten bags of cement to plaster my house and to pay the person who will do the work. Because it been my plan for my family and I to live in a decent house.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"My family and are don't really have peaceful a sleep doing raining season because of liking house, we have to put pans around the bed before we can sleep doing the rainy season. My children don't have a quality education because of our poor school system..So if am lucky to to receive some of this cash I will build a new home for my family and make it up to our comfort. And send my children to Monrovia so they can be able to get a quality education for tomorrow, as we speak one of my daughter just entered the University and so happy and blessed pray that all my other children reach that level, and invest the balance money into my coco farm. because coco have a lot of money and through that are will be able to give my family the life they deserve!"
What is the happiest part of your day?
"My greatest joy over the last 6 months are was able to havrest good last because we had to change our farming side and put in more time so the wild animals wasn't able to damage it,and one of my child just entered the University and here we are today talking about Givedirectly, So at this point are am more then happy "
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"My husband feed our family through his teaching work and the salary can't even maintain family, so we had to get into farming and each time we do our farming wild animals can always damaging it,and the little that can leave over we have to used it for household purposes"
