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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD
access_time almost 2 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I don't have any new goal. Everything I planned to do at the beginning of GiveDirectly program is exactly what I'm doing.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is doing well in everything. I don't have anything negative to say, and I'm very happy for all the help they're giving us.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought building materials with my most recent transfer. Also, I used some of it for food.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($245 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?
After I received the transfer from GiveDirectly, I thought on buying twelve bags of cement to plaster my house floor, one mattress for my family and I to sleep on it, few yard of floor mat to put in my room, then I also though on buying one bundle of zinc to improve my house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly can help with money, for them to support their family, by paying their children school fees, buying food food for they and their family, and to also development their community. GiveDirectly don't eat from people nor drink water from them.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I withdraw my money from my mobile account, I have decided to buy one mattress for my family and I to sleep on it, few yard of floor mat to put in my room, then I also though on buying twelve bags of cement to plaster my house floor and one bundle of zinc to improve my house.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My husband and I have been making farms for the past ten (10) years now. The money we earn from the farm proceeds last year, some was use to renovate the house and the balance were use to pay the children tuition.
We did not complete the renovation of the house because the money was not enough. What left over was the plstering and the ceiling.
If I'm successful to receive this cash transfer from
GiveDirectly, I will use some of the money to complete the renovate of my house and use the balance to make a large pepper farm. I believe if I make a large farm, I will earn enough money from the farm proceeds that will enable my husband and I to undertake another house project which had been our plan over the years.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months, what has brought me joy or happiness was, when my husband mother got ill in June 2021 and recovered in December 2021. Her recovery brought me so much joy because she's the only person who looks after our children and more besides she's my mother in law and her life is meaningful to us.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I'm facing now is money.
I want to complete the renovate of my house and make a large pepper farm that I will earn enough money from to build another house which had been my plan for a long period of time now but I don't have money.
Eventhough my husband and I have been into farming activities for the past ten years now, the money we earn from the farm proceeds last year, some was used to renovat the house and the balance were used to pay the children tuition.
The house renovation was not completed because the money wasn't enough to reroof the house, put ceiling and plaster.
I will appreciate any help from GiveDirectly to improve my livelihood.
