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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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?
Yes, I had plans before receiving my transfer
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent my most recent transfer on building materials
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 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?
Before I received my transfer from Give Directly I had plans to build my house and start a small business in my village.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm planning on improving building my house and start a small business that will help my family and I to survive
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?
Happy. because it was a wonderful experience for me to have received money from Givedirect that I didn't have to get because I have not worked for it.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirect is one organization that is doiñg pretty good in terms of service
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc to change my house roof
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I am Zoe Armah from Bowein town, Bomi County Liberia.I was very excited when I receive cash transfer massage from Givedrectly because, I didn't work for the money. It was a great surprise to receive such amount of money as a gift from Givedrectly.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My roof been damage and lacking for the past four years. I worked hard through out these years to renovate my house but to know avail. I also didn't have money to register my children for this semester. Upon receiving my cash transfer from Givedrectly, I bought two bundles of zinc and did payment of my children school fees . When I receive my second transfer from Givedrectly, I will renovate my house and start business to help my family. I am grateful to Givedrectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I cash out my transfer money and bought two bundles of zinc for renovation of my house, and did payment of my children school fees.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If we are successful to receive the cash transfer, we will send all our children to school. Although some of them been going to school, however, it was one NGO called Lipa ( second chance) that was helping to pay their fees . But the NGO has decided not to continue due to lack of funding according to them. The production of coal we do here too to send them to school is a very difficult work that can't give us enough money to implement our plans. So if we are successful to receive the cash, it will be a huge help for us.
The reason we have planned to keep sending our children to school is because when they are educated, they will take care of us when we are old.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Yes, we were happy in last March when the government gave us two bags of rice during the Covid-19 food distribution. Before that day, we were completely out of food in the house. So when we received the food that day, we were very happy for the entire month.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The major challenge for us here is money. We produced coal to earn money as we said earlier, but the coal work is not giving us much money these. And this is because their are lot of other people who are doing the same coal production for sale.As the result, the price has dropped drastically. Due to that, having money becomes a major challenge for us. I say this because when we have money, we will be able to buy food, send our children to school and as well seek medical treatment when we are sick.
