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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
297300 MWK ($367 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?
My parent died 14 years ago. They left me with nothing. In all these 14 years I have been struggling to make a living. Barely making it. I used to live in a small dingy grass roofed shack. I can not even call it a house. I have finally been able to buy materials to build a house to live in. Give Directly made that possible. I am forever grateful for this opportunity. I can not thank you enough for changing my life this way. My house is almost finished thanks to you.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly is doing a really good job of changing lives. For most of us, we have finally been able to afford to improve our living conditions. This is something we only dreamed of before but were never able to achieve.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
mattress. house
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
307200 MWK ($386 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy and thankful. It is alot of money and I will be able to do things I could not afford.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I will be able to start building a house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have bought mattress to be sleeping comfortably. I want to mould bricks and eventually i will build a house.
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
It is a gift from givedirectly which will help me to build a nice house
What is the happiest part of your day?
After harvesting i am always happy because i have food in my house even though we only eat few months
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I had no money to buy roofing materials for my house
