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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
No New plan my previous plan still stand to build my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly did extremely well.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought 4 bundles of zinc and 1cartoon of nails 10 bags of cement and other assorted building materials and i used some of my transfer to buy food and also paid my 2 children school fees.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($278 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I am Gbah Fahnbullah from Bapa town, Bomi County Liberia.Since I started receiving cash transfer from Givedirectly I planned to build my house and I am building my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Givedirectly told me that I will receive cash transfer in four installment and I have received the cash three times and awaiting my last cash to start my foundation. I am so happy for this great help received from Givedirectly. I been living in my family house for this past thirty five years and didn't have hope of building my own house. I am building my house today due to the cash transfer program. I am so grateful and will never forget this organization for changing my living condition. All is well in this village and the people of this town appreciate Givedirectly so much.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I received my cash, I bought three bundles zinc and two loads of sand.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($276 USD)
access_time 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 had plans to build my house
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly is doing well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I'm planning on improving my house
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($267 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I am Gebah Fahnbullah from Bapa town, Bomi County Liberia. I was very excited upon receiving cash transfer massage from Givedrectly because, it is the first time in my life to receive such amount of money. My family and I was sitting under our kitchen one evening when I receive massage arlet on my phone. I decided to find out what the massage was about. Only to find out that Givedrectly has transfer money to my mobile account. I stood up and started singing and dancing. My son was concern and ask what the excitement was all about. I told him that Givedrectly has transfer money to my mobile account. We all started dancing, singing and extending thanks to Givedrectly in our local language.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I been in this village for the past forty years, living in my family house, marking cassava farm, and burning coal just to get my daily bread and pay my son school fees. The biggest difference this money will do for me is building of my house. I bought two bundles of zinc already and planning to mood bricks upon receiving my second cash transfer. I am so happy and want to extend thanks to Givedrectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Upon cashing out my money, I bought two bundles of zinc, food and did payment of my son school fees.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
" I plan to my a better house than what I am in now".
What is the happiest part of your day?
" The only thing that brought me happiness and joy is when I heard about Give Directly and the thing GD is involved with, the unconditional transferred of cash since August 2021 up to now".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
" There are many challenges faced by me or my household, we lack good sleeping place, we lack nutritional food and above all of these challenges, is the lack of money".
