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Emmanuel
landscapeCountry:
liberia
workOccupation:
Small business
faceAge:
43
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($277 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?
I had no new goals before receiving this transfer. My house is not in a good condition. I have been wanting to renovate it. I could not afford the funds to do so. I was excited when I received my payment. I have been making business. The business was no going well. It was at the verge of collapsing. I was so happy when GiveDirectly came to my town. Being enrolled in this program has changed my life for the best.My children had dropped from school.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has not done nothing unwell. It has done so much good for us. It has changed our lives for the best. This cash transfer has done much for me. I am so happy to be a part of this opportunity.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was so excited when I received my transfer. I withdrew part of my transfer to pay my wife hospital bills. She has been pregnant. She needed operation. I had no means of paying the hospital bills. My payment came right on time. I was able to pay her hospital bills. I am saving rest of my transfer to add up and renovate my house.
 
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($281 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?
No! I didn't have any new goal before receiving this transfer. My old goal was to renovate my house and build a new toilet by it. Before receiving money from GiveDirectly I had been making business. The business have been a little bit okay. This school year was a little challenging. If not for the GiveDirectly cash program, my children woudn't have gone to school.I'm so grateful for this program . I was overwhelmed when I received my transfer. I am so thankful that after receiving all of this money our lives will improve for the better. I haven't withdrawn the full amount of money. I withdrew a little amount to renovate my house. I saved the rest.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion GiveDirectly does not do anything wrongly. It came to help change our lives and I'm grateful for this opportunity. This cash program is a dream come through. Hopefully after receiving all the transfers our lives get better.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I haven't withdrawn the full amount. I took out a little amount and saved the rest. I am thankful that I got enrolled on this GiveDirectly cash program. I have been doing business but it wasn't going too well. I am so thankful that GiveDirectly came to my town. If not for its cash program,my children wouldn't have gone to school. I used my first and second transfers to pay tuition. and . I haven't withdrawn all of my third transfer. I took out a little amount to buy zinc and other building materials. I saved rest of the money. Hopefully when I receive the rest of the transfers I will add up to my business or buy a new canoe for fishing.
 
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
42500 LRD ($300 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?
I will like to concentrate on my previous goal which is my Children's Education, this is my priority for now. Even though I have a plan to renevate my house with my remaining transfers.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I love everything about Give Directly, they are a blessing to lives and a people of integrity.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Tweety thousands of my transfer was used to complete my children's balance fees, and the balance was used for provisions for their up keep.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
40375 LRD ($284 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 on my way to my children in Monrovia because their school business has been a huge burden to me. I decided to just go and be with them to avoid the too many questions about when are you going to pay our fees Dad? Luckily for me, upon my arrival, I received a text from Give Directly, I was over excited!! I began thanking God, knowing fully well that I will be bold to face my children and the answer to their thousand questions was at hand!
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Sending my children to a good school has always been a huge burden for me. I could barely pay their fees because I was not financially potent. I'm so much grateful to God for Give Directly, who have empower me financially to enable my children be in school on time, they don't have to be sent out for school fees, because their fees have been paid on time.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
All of my transfer was spent on my children fees. They are all in private school in Monrovia.
 
Enrolled
access_time 3 years ago
 
What does receiving this money mean to you?
When I am qualified for this program and I received any money from GiveDirectly I am going to pay my children school fees and use the balance on my business.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months the only thing that brought joy or happiness to me was when my wife give birth safely but the most important one is the help that GiveDirectly is about to give me.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My main challenge for now is money problem, I credited money from a credit club to start my business and now I am worried about how to get that money and pay it back.