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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 life is very different now than before because now I am able to build a nice house for my family. And also I have enough clothes, before it was really struggle so the is a major difference.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion Give directly is doing a great job I cant find anything negative to say. They should just keep up with the good work more especially on the part where they are meeting the people personally and not through chiefs or village head man because I feel that if that was the case then they would have been a lot of corruption and bribery.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent the transfers on food and buying roofing, I also managed to get bricks made and bought some cement as well. Now that I have everything to build a house I have started on construction so the last transfers will be spent on paying for labour.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
307200 MWK ($385 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 because the things i thpught i will never ever have a chance of having in my life now i have them and thax to GD
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
We had no enough food but now we have, as we did not know where we could get fertilizer for the next season it was like a miracle to have this money and we purchase the farm inputs and the house we were living was not oky
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have used the money to buy farm inputs for the next season, maize for food and burnt bricks to build a new house that we should live in
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money really means alot to me apparently we are legit farmers so the first thing i will do with the transfer is to buy farm inputs such as fertiliser,seeds etc i will also be able to pay for my siblings education since i solely take care of them
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is during afternoon hours because mostly i spend m.my time with my family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I'm currently facing is having to work so hard in order to take care of my four siblings, we are orphans,and I'm the oldest one i stopped going to school but my siblings are still in school i always struggle to feed them.
