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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
264000 MWK ($338 USD)
access_time over 3 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life has changed completely because I now have a well roofed house
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly has helped me to have a well roofed house. I really needed it.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have managed to buy door frames and other things that I needed using the transfer received from give directly
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
271500 MWK ($352 USD)
access_time almost 4 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Very happy and grateful for the program I sawmysrlfas a lucky man as they are our friends that they wished that this program was in their village
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I am able now to start building a house of my dream when i receive the last transfer I will be done with my house and will no longer sleep on an empty stomach
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent the money on buying my needs like house building materials as I want to build an ironsheet house for my family to avoid sleeping in water during rainy season,I also bought bed, matress, utensils, food and fertiliser
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access_time 4 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
The money that i am going to receive from Givedirectly will help us and I am very grateful to receive such. I do not have food so I am going to use the some it to buy food, rebuilding our house. I am also thinking of buying a goat to
What is the happiest part of your day?
Evening
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
To find money for food I do work a labourer for the fishermen, so when the closes for breeding season we do not have any source of income and sometimes we go the whole day with our children without eating anything
