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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($339 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?
For so many years I have been willing to build a house but i could not buy with this money I will have a house that I have been looking for if not for this money I could have remained a poor man without a proper house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Continue the good work your doing currently people are spreading rumours more especially those that did not receive the money about them being associated with Satanism but because you already told us about the program and where is coming from we are not shaken
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Currently I have just kept the money to build a house after this rain season since I did not have an ironsheets house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($351 USD)
access_time 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was over the moon because I knew i was going to be able to buy a bicycle
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
There big difference because this time each year i am always tired doing pieceworks but now I am free because i have money
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought food, bicycle, blanket and matress
Enrolled
access_time over 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money to me means that as a man I have something that will help support my family
I depend on small causal labour duties which at times are hard to find leaving me with nothing to support my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am happy in the evenings as this is when I am back from searching money. This means that I am resting
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face is that of not having a stable source of income. Beacuse of this they have been days when I have no money to buy food and as such my family have at times slept without meals.
