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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am planning to buy my remaining building materìals such as steel rods and cement bags as per the estimates I will generate from the engineer I am hiring to build my house. I am anticipating building three bed rooms house with concrete cement. Thanks to Givedirectly for the financial support.I am overjoyed for the kind of help Givedirectly is doing for our community. I believe that with my transfer from Givedirectly, my dreamed to build new house will soon come to pass.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion opinion, Givedirectly has helped improved the lives of poeple in this community. Through Givedirectly cash support, our community is now electrified over night. People are building new houses and electrifying them with solar light.
I personally want to be grateful to Givedirectly for the cash support. My children were out of school for tuition payment but through Givedirectly transfer, I was able to pay all their school fees. Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. Everything Givedirectly is doing in this village is unique and doesnot need improvement.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The new planned I set before receiving this transfer is to complete purchasing of my remaining building materials of my house.I want to buy cements ,steel rods and hire cashual workers to saw my house planks. Thanks to Givedirectly for empowering me
financially.My planned is to build a house and attach entertainment center for business purpose .
This idea had been my long awaited dreamed but couldnot be achieved due to lack of money. Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. I believe that with my transfer, I am going to own new house in this village.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am planning to buy one bundle of aluminum zinc along with two cartoons of assorted zinc nails to start building my house . I want to buy food for the cashual workers who will be building my house and paid their workmanship. Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. I believe that with my transfer, I am going to be a owner of houses in this village.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly is one of the best Organizations in Liberia.Givedirectly has improved the lives of families in this village. Through Givedirectly cash support, our children no longer faced challenges with school fees payment. Thanks to Givedirectly for empowering our community financially. Every approach Givedirectly is using to implement thier project is helpful and doesnot need any improvement.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The new goal I have set before receiving this transfer is to buy additional one bundle of zinc along with two cartoons of assorted zinc nails to start building my house immediately. I want to build another house in this village for rent. My current house has three rooms. House renting has money in this village.
Thanks to Givedirectly for the cash support. I believe that with my transfer from Givedirectly, I am going to build another house in this village.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($299 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My primary objective right now is to complete my house and also invest in agriculture. Hence, when I received my transfer from GiveDirectly, I will buy three(3) bundles of 14 gauge zinc for $27,300LD. I will also pay workers to rip wood for the roof of my house. Finally, I will use my balance transfer to secure a huge parcel of land for my rice and plantain farm.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has been doing quite well with the entire program from enrolment stage up to the time I started receiving transfer and beyond. Every aspect of this project initiated by GD is so unique and incomparable to other NGOs I have known over the years. I see nothing that GiveDirectly is not doing so well.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I am currently building a 3 bed room apartment that will be completed soon. With this transfer that I have just received, I am going to invest bulk of my money into agriculture by making a big rice and plantain farm. The other portion of my transfer will be used to buy building materials and complete my house. GD transfer has given me hope for the future. I am so satisfied with this project.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($282 USD)
access_time almost 3 years ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent most of my recent transfer on registering my children in school for this academic year 2021/2022. Similarly, part of the money was used to buy different kinds of seeds for agriculture purpose. Nevertheless , I saved the balance money to renovate my house and put two of the four rooms in rent. Proceeds from renting the two rooms will be used to address my family's basic needs. With this problem solving transfer from GiveDirectly, my life has become stress free and I'm so much delighted.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
It has been a major challenge to register my children in school due to very limited finances. Income from working on the farm daily was very low. This could not allow me to work on most of my top priorities such as sending my children to school and expanding my farm. However, GiveDirectly money transfer has allowed me fulfilled all of my priorities at once. This transfer has also provided me a means of acquiring additional source of income from rent. Meanwhile, registering my children in school, expanding my farm, and being able to generate income through rent has been the biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving transfer from GiveDirectly.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Recently, life has been very difficult for me and my family. Farm work has been the order of the day. I could hardly feed my family and sending my children to school was almost impossible. But on a faithful day, at about 7: 30am., I was sitting right at the front of my house in James Town when I received my transfer from GiveDirectly. At that moment, I felt an unspeakable joy within my heart and started shouting the name GiveDirectly throughout the town. I knew very well that I could pay my children school fees and also gather enough seeds to invest in agriculture/ farming. This transfer has brought a major relief in my daily life.
Enrolled
access_time almost 3 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
What iam challenged with at the moment is that my children's school is about to open and i still dont have money to pay their school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What has really brought me joy is GD has raised my hope in that, i was worried about paying my children's fees but today i know that with GD cash transfer i will be able to afford fees for my kids.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My plans for the cash is to pay my children's fees and invest the balance in an business.