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Mark
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Small business
faceAge:
35
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($246 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Yes, I do have a new goal. I Want to build an orphanage home. I Already bought the land and I'm also talking to others in the community to join me on this journey. Whenever I look around in the community and see majority of the children poor living condition, it hurts me and I feel there's a need to try to do something about it.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing well in every way. Because of the aid they're giving, some of us are building houses which can really be costly in the rural areas.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought cement to complete the house project I started with my last transfer. I Bought 20 bags of cement at 8.75cents in Monrovia and transported it.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($246 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Yes , I have a very new goal that I never had before,at the time I received the transfer,what rings to my mind is to recondition my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly had done me well by improving my life, in that I was in a mixed shape house,but now,I can see myself in a decent place and well STRUCTURAL house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spend my most recent money on zinc for reconditioning of my house .
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($232 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 at my project site, when I saw this massage on my phone saying I have received money from GiveDirectly. I was so happy I being to tell God thank you for GiveDirectly. Because I was thinking how to complete my project.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly, my life is much better. I was able to carry on my building project up fast. At first things were little bit hard, because where I doing my business I am paying rent.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I withdraw my money from my mobile account I bought two bundle of zinc, four packs of zinc nail, one carton of two inches nail and one carton of four inches nail to continue my building project.
 
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access_time almost 3 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"Where I'm staying and operating is a rental place. Therefore, upon receiving Give Directly Cash Transfer, I'll immediately purchase a land to have my house and that of my drugstore built. I currently have 5 acres of land in my home town. The purpose is for farming, but, I haven't started the process yet because of finance. So, the next thing that I'll do with this Cash Transfer is to have the process ongoing right away! Last year, around the end of July, I also purchased a land here in the city to have an orphanage home established. Since then, I haven't had the support that I need to start the project. So, I'm really looking forward to this Cash Transfer so that I can start processing all the necessary documentations. Lastly, my oldest child would be completing secondary school at the end of this academy year. So, I'll have a portion of that money saved so as to have my daughter enrolled into the university afterwards."
What is the happiest part of your day?
"My mother has been sick for over the period of six months. All through her illness she was staying in the hospital. I was responsible for everything during that period of time. So, the burden was really huge for me. Fortunately, for all of us as a family, she's been released home and that was quite recently, around the middle part of this month. I'm very grateful though she hasn't fully recovered but the fact that she's been reunited with her family gives me so much joy at the moment!"
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"The most challenge I'm faced with is road connectivity especially during the rainy season. It takes up to two weeks to have my goods transported from the capital city to where I'm selling. As a result of this huge challenge, I go through lots of losses because most of the goods are destroyed or spoiled along the way in the process of getting them here. The environment is challenged with safe drinking water. So, during the rainy season, community dwellers easily come down with dysentery and my family is no exception."