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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Edward's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Edward received a $496 second payment.
"l will be keeping chicken that will earn me a living."
Jane's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Jane received a $496 second payment.
"There are some NGOs that came with some programs in the community but it has been one year since they promised to initiate the project, while GD took the shortest time possible to send the transfers as they had stated."
Crispin's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Crispin received a $496 second payment.
"GiveDirectly is very much concerned and direct to the needs of human, unlike other NGOs that promote corruption by having so many middle men hence each and every one of these middle remain with a share of the needy's cake."
Lillian's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Lillian received a $496 second payment.
"Other Ngos like Aphia Nyanza are more corrupt, less transparent and less direct than GD. Other Ngos help community members through other people in the community while GD is direct as its name."
Loice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Loice received a $496 second payment.
"Sometimes other NGOs do not deliver whatever they stated they would deliver to community members due to corruption even in the way they select those who are to benefit from their program, while GD deals directly with individuals and they send the transfers as they had stated."
Caroline's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Caroline received a $496 second payment.
"We never see anything good out of other NGOs because most of it is taken by those connecting us to the top office but GiveDirectly is directly connected to the beneficiary."
Rosemary's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rosemary received a $496 second payment.
"Other Ngos concentrate on a single wavelength of development e.g Aphia Nyanza concentrate on health while GD takes a multidimensional perspectives cutting across social, economic and political wavelength of development."
Mariam's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Mariam received a $496 second payment.
"GD gives us the priority to change our poverty status by ourselves unlike other NGOs who prioritize for us."
Dorothy's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Dorothy received a $496 second payment.
"It's been six years being rained living in a seriously leaking house but am no longer worried when it's about to rain as it used to be in the past."
Elizabeth's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Elizabeth received a $99 initial payment.
"When I get my upcoming lumpsum payment, I will plaster my main house with sand and cement and fix on it steel windows and doors."