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4th Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($235 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent some of my recent transfer to buy food for the people who will be working on my house.I also bought five bags of cement for plastering and I used the balance to pay my children school fees.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I must be grateful to Givedirectly for the level of support to us.Givedirectly has helped me to build a 4 bed room house which I couldn't do since I was born.I have been living in a thatch house all of my days but because of Givedirectly intervention, I am proud of a four bedroom house.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I want to become a successful cocoa farmer in the future. Therefore, I want to increase my six acres of cocoa farm to fifteen acres. The proceeds from my farm will help me provide better education for my children and feed my family as well.
3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($239 USD)
access_time 2 years ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have been living in one bed- room thatched house for more than 10 years with my family. I wasn't able to build concrete house due to lack of money. The cash transfer had been used to build a decent 4 bed- room house with zine roofing in my village .I'm no more a laughing stock among my peers,now that I have one of the biggest houses where we live .
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly make sure to enrolled everyone with out discrimination and I really enjoy their work ethics, their commitment,and honesty through out the enrolling process till date.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Growing up as a child I have always dream of having a large cocoa farm. With in the next few years I intend producing large portion of cocoa farm that will last for decades for sustainability.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
37500 LRD ($244 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I already have three bundle of zinc that I bought with my first transfer. I will use this transfer money to buy additional one more bundle with 19 gallons of gasoline for the machine to saw my planks for roofing.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
All their promises can be fulfilled.
They are always in time.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I want to complete my house and be able to invest in my farm save enough money to support my children to school.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest challenge now is to pay my kids fees, i depend on my farm for survival but when i plant my crops animals invade the farm and eat them up and at the end of the day the yield is just enough to feed alone.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What has really brought me joy is that since the year has begun i have never experience any death in my family unlike last year where i lost three family members in sequence and in a very short space of time.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My plan for the cash is to build a zinced house as the one i am presently in is roofed with tatch which can easily spoil, when ever i refix it insects eat and spoil it and i am actually very tire repairing house roof every now and then.
