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Princess
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liberia
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Casual labor
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23
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Liberia Large Transfer
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4th 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 haven't use my third transfer yet, I am still saving it.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly is greatly changing the lives of us the poor by giving us money free and not asking us for it in return. Secondly, through GiveDirectly I was able to sponsor my son through school. I am recommending that GiveDirectly continue this program throughout Liberia to enable other poor people to benefit from it and change their lives as well.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
In plan to use portion of my transfer to establish a new business and build my house to empower myself and a young woman and leave my father's house since I am a mother now and bearing children.
 
3rd 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?
"Since I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly my main focus had been to increase my business, because it is the only source of income for my children and I. For this reason most of my transfers had been directed to this planned. Therefore with my recent transfer I used almost all my money and bought additional goods for the business. I am so excited to be a apart of this program because it is transforming our lives tremendously."
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
"In my opinion GiveDirectly is doing the unthinkable for us as needy. This is the first of this kind for us to received such a huge amount of money free from any Organization. Their love for humanity is very much commendable. They have brought so much relieved and joyed to us as family and communities. For this reason we're grateful to them."
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
"Before I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly as a single Mother of three children, I have been struggling very hard to raise money to support my children and I. For I started a little clothes business but improving the business to a better level our very hard because not much cash was available. Happily GiveDirectly came with this financial freedom and since then I have been using my transfers to improve my business. Therefore with my recent transfer I almost all my money and bought more goods for the business."
 
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 bought goods with my recent transfer.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly is doing well to establish my family and me by empowering us with the transfer.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have a goal to invest my transfer into business. During the time my first transfer was sent I had two priorities, one was to pay my son who is going to school in the city tuition and to take my baby who was sick at that time for medication. After that when my second transfer came I went to Buchanan to buy supplies for my business. I am pushing hard to invest more into business because I want to earn more money and save for the future.
 
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
35625 LRD ($232 USD)
access_time over 2 years ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I was able to Purchase additional goods for my business and payment of my son balance school fees in the city.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life is that, this money had improve I'm my family's life financially, i was able to pay my son school fees in the city; if this was not the help of Give Directly unconditional cash transfer my son was going to be sent back in the village; but with the help of this money my son will remain in the city and attend school.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy until I'm my family's started to dance in the yard, that identical day was celebrating day for in this town all farming activities was reschedule for the next day.
 
Enrolled
access_time over 2 years ago
 
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My greatest problem is money, I need money to take care of my 2 kids. One of them live in Monrovia and I'm the paying her school fees. I also have a baby that I need to take care of.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I was happy when a friend of mine carried my son to live with her in Monrovia. I was happy because family members refused to help me, and a friend did it for me.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
My plan for this transfer is to build my own house, because I do not want to stay in my parents house throughout. I have started having children now and I need to prepare for their future.