We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The plan have been to continuously be having money to be sending my children to school and to renovate the existing house that we are living in now and make it into a new structure
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I am very much Happy and I wish to extend my gratitude to the Givedirect family for what they have done extremely for me.
When things were very tough for me àt the time, Givedirect was there to help me and it brought me to feel like this is a good humanitarian assistance program
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received the money, I spent some of the money on school fees and the balance money was used to purchase house materials
2nd 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 goal is to fix my house and make it much comfortable for my family, My house has been having leakages for one year now and when the rain falls, most of my furnitures in the house get wet and sometimes spoiled. When I fix my house, I will live more comfortable and happy with my family.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly does well by by advising us properly before giving us the transfers which allow us to make good decisions with our money. They are also kind and patient with us during interviews. I haven't noticed anything that GiveDirectly is not doing well in this town, everything is okay with me.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I want to use my third transfer to buy some building materials to fix my house, living in a house with leakages is a serious embarrassment to my family, I will also buy food for my family and use the remaining amount to settle my other three children school fees who have not been registered in school yet.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($272 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
We were more than happy because, this money came as a diamond in our eyes.
Considering the condition we found ourselves in now and day, and for some one to give you such an amount of money just free is a miracles of God
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Our only survival have been coal , where we sell to make a living.
But since Givedirect came with this assistance,we reduced the coal business and trying to consider other business.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
We used the money to paid school fees and bought zinc with the balance money to fixed our house
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am successful to receive the transfer, I will pay my children school fees with it. I decided to spend it for the school fees because I know when they are educated they will help to better my life and their own lives.
Like last school year, they did not go to school because I never had money. And their father too who suppose to help me with the fees, he got two wives. Because of that, anything he earns from his activities he shares it into two As the result, he is not able to help with my children fees. And for me too, the fufu I can process from the cassava from my farm for sale does not have good price these days.
So if I am successful to receive the cash, that will be a blessing for my children to go to school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Yes,I have been and still very now the fact that I have life,. Also, the fact that my children and the rest of my family are well in their body, yes I am happy . I am saying because these days the death rate is so high. Almost everyday people die around me in other communities. so for me to always be alive and afford meal to eat, even if it is one time a aday, I am happy for that.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The main challenge here is how to raise money to pay my children school fees and pay their hospital bill just in case they are sick.
I considered money to be a major challenge because this is the only way I will be able to do what I have mentioned earlier without money, I will not do anything about that. In addition to that, it is very difficult to raise money here. The fufu I most time depend on to raise money doesn't have good price these day.
