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?
Ma Esther, before GD came, I planned to recondition my house but could not be realized due to lock of funding. My farming and the products sales could not raise enough money to do the renovation for my house. But when I was enrolled as a recipient on the GD program and received my first and second transfers. With the first and second transfers, I started the renovation process. I now able to buy enough food for the family.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Let me take this time to say a very big thanks to Give Directly for services rendered us during the entire enrollment process. You did a great and very excellent job.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to buy 7 bags of cement and paid people to complete the the floor in the house. I was also able to buy food and paid some of the school fees for the children. I say a very big thanks to the entire Give Directly family for the support.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($265 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy to receive the money especially knowing that I did not worked for it, and it was given to me to assist myself along with my family. Thanks to Give Directly.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Since we received the cash transfer our lives has improved. We're trying to improve our house status. My husband was able to get treatment from the cash, while we're able to also hired labourers to work on our farm. Thanks to Give Directly for the assistance given us.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The cash transfer that was sent to me, we were able to pay labourers to assist in cleaning our farm as my husband has been sick for the past three years causing us to not make farm on our own. I also bought food for my household, saved some of the cash to buy cement to plaster our house floor and walls. Some of the cash was also used to assist my husband get treatment. Thanks to Give Directly for the assistance given us.
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My husband ( Anthony Tugbo) was injected in his dream that has led to his benig disabled since February 2020 . Prior to his illness he and I were in a subsistence and cash crops farmings for many years after he graduated from high school in 1981... We built a house with zinc on roof from the proceeds of our farms in which there are two rooms set aside for strangers... Since my husband came down with the illness things have turned so difficult for us because we don't take good care of our crops to produce well like before. Every save we held had been used on his illness and the results are fruitless. I have planned to take him to Jackson F. Doe referral hospital in Nimba County for check up and use some of the unconditional cash transfer from GiveDirectly to hire workers for our coacoa farm .
What is the happiest part of your day?
Despite of his illness, some of his friends occasionally took our visits and give us little cash . The fact that we are residing in our own three bedrooms house always brought joy and happiness to me because it would had been a tragic if we wouldn't have build this house that is a blessing for us at the moment .
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The disability of my husband Anthony Tugbo is the most challenging thing I am faced with since 2020 . He was the bread winner for our family and sence his illness I have been finding it hard to get our daily food . He doesn't walk and I have to take him to our out side bathroom for bathing , activities that need real strength to happen and this is being done on a daily basis. I am not a young women because I am above 50 and for a 50-year-old woman to be taking care of disabled husband is a miserable thing to do . My life has changed from better to worse since this nightmare took over us .
