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
Catherine
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan on buying fishing gear (boat, hooks and rods)."
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over 8 years ago
Lydia
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan on buying 2 cows, building a new house and producing my music album."
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over 8 years ago
Robert
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan on paying my son's college fees, dig a well and build an iron roofed house."
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over 8 years ago
Debora
received a $99 initial payment.
"I will build a latrine, a kitchen and plaster my main house using my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Esther
received a $99 initial payment.
"l am planning to build a more spacious comfortable house since the one l have is too small."
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over 8 years ago
Charles
received a $99 initial payment.
"l am planning to build a more comfortable house because the one l have is in a bad condition."
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over 8 years ago
Jane
received a $496 second payment.
"GiveDirectly keeps promises while other NGOs don't keep promises."
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over 8 years ago
Alfayo
received a $99 initial payment.
"I will clear my daughter's secondary school fees and invest the remaining amount of my upcoming lumpsum payment on rice business."
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over 8 years ago
Anna
received a $99 initial payment.
"i plan to ironsheet for my son to use for building his simba, pay his school fees, and save some money for paying his school fees in future."
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over 8 years ago
Edna
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy cement and repair walls and floor of my house, construct a kitchen and also pay school fees."
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