GDLive Newsfeed
We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time. Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
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Salina's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Salina enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is having to leave school for my other siblings to also get to a certain level of education due to lack of school fees "
Pamela's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"The achievement I am most proud of is my business of selling mandazis and farming. They help me provide for my family"
Elizabeth's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Elizabeth received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning on cementing my house and install steel doors."
Persila's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Persila received a $494 second payment.
"Other organizations have lots of corruption but GiveDirectly gives the cash directly to the recipient without any corruptions involved."
Millicent's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Millicent enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I'm facing currently is on making ends meet,my husband has no job and we purely rely on my small business to make ends meet.The business is not promising either given that most of the times I use the all saving on other family matters as opposed to ploughing back into the business. "
William's family
access_time over 8 years ago
William enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we're facing currently is on paying school fees for our two children in secondary school, one is in form four and the other in form two."
Pamellah's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Pamellah received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build my house and extend my business."
Millicent's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Millicent enrolled.
"The achievement I'm most proudest of is having been able to enroll my two children in a local secondary day school,not once in my wildest dream did I ever imagined that would come to pass since we have no proper source of income."
Olga's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Olga enrolled.
"The achievement I'm proudest of is on the progress I have made in my house,when I got married here we had nothing,not even a single furniture but God has been gracious we now have few items to call ours. "
Pamela's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"The achievement I'm most proudest of is having been able to take my children to school, my eldest son has already finished secondary education. This has not been easy given that I'm a widow and does this single handedly."