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
Diana
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to cement the floor of my house because its earth. I'm also planning to pay my daughter in high school fee."
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over 8 years ago
Elizabeth
received a $496 second payment.
"All other NGOs like Mango and World Vision should just join GD to help people directly"
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over 8 years ago
Margaret
received a $496 second payment.
"Other NGOs come with fixed items that they only give to a section of the community, while GD sends transfers directly to the recipients and they can independently decide what to spend it on."
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over 8 years ago
Kenneth
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to buy a motorbike for transport business. This will see me have a reliable source of income adequate to sustain my family."
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over 8 years ago
Sara
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy cement , sand and pay for labour to cement the floor of my house. I also plan to pay school fees fi\or my children."
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over 8 years ago
Lucy
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to repair my house and buy two cows."
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over 8 years ago
Nancy
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a new iron roofed house because my current house is too small."
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over 8 years ago
Richard
received a $496 second payment.
"GD gives money directly to the recipient unlike to other NGOs which follows a lot of protocols like through chiefs, village elders which has made recipient receive very little help from the contributing NGOs like World Vision. This is because they are corrupt"
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over 8 years ago
Esther
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to use the coming transfer to pay my dowry."
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over 8 years ago
Caren
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a larger house and buy cow."
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