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.
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over 8 years ago
Milka
received a $497 second payment.
"GD has impacted the whole village and improved our lives something that no other NGO has ever done."
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over 8 years ago
Alice
received a $99 initial payment.
"I want to build a bigger house of 29 iron sheets with the whole of my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Risper
received a $497 second payment.
"I am old and my house was falling but now i am building a better strong house. Even my son who received this support bought a motorbike and now our life has improved a lot."
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over 8 years ago
Mary
received a $497 second payment.
"The biggest difference is that I now have solar lump for lighting and charging my phone. I have also paid school fees to my child in college."
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over 8 years ago
Eunice
received a $497 second payment.
"Other NGOs does not give money while GD gives their support by giving money so that one can decide on what to do with the money."
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over 8 years ago
Beatrice
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a new house."
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over 8 years ago
Beatrice
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am currently living in an iron-roofed house of 5 iron sheets and therefore when I get my upcoming lumpsum payment I will build a bigger one of 30 iron sheets."
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over 8 years ago
Stecy
received a $497 second payment.
"Other NGOs are not transparent while GD is so much transparent."
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over 8 years ago
Mary
received a $497 second payment.
"GD is way better than the other organizations since it offers a huge amount of cash that greatly impacts positively on our lives, while the other organization offers shoes and pays school fees (partly). "
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over 8 years ago
Joseph
received a $497 second payment.
"The other organizations engage us in a bureaucratic and costly processes of enrollment but they never help us anyway. GD has full support from the community since it's very transparent and reliable. "
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