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
Pamela
received a $99 initial payment.
"l am planning to extend my house because it is too small, l also need to clear school fees for my child and start secondhand cloth business."
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over 8 years ago
Banaba
received a $99 initial payment.
"l am planning to clear my child school fees and to buy motorboat for fishing"
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over 8 years ago
Eunice
received a $99 initial payment.
"l am planning to a more spacious house and buy furniture."
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over 8 years ago
Okano
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning boost my wife's business and buy 2 bulls for farming."
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over 8 years ago
Edinah
received a $99 initial payment.
"My mother is planning to buy a bed for me, construct a pit latrine and also add me more clothes and do fencing of our compound."
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over 8 years ago
Irene
received a $496 second payment.
"GiveDirectly doesn't have middlemen while other NGOs have a lot of middlemen."
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over 8 years ago
Monica
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan on paying my children's school fees."
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over 8 years ago
Perez
received a $496 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I have built a house and relocated from a small leaking house."
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over 8 years ago
Risper
received a $99 initial payment.
"We (recipient and spouse) are planning to spend the upcoming lump sum on either renovating or building a new house and buying a stock of dry grain."
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over 8 years ago
Sofia
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to spend the upcoming lump sum payment on enlarging my house and also paying secondary school fee."
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