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.
Happy Holidays!
GDLive updates will be slower while GiveDirectly's Africa offices are closed over the holidays.
Milca's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Milca enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper source of income to support my family."
Samuel's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Samuel enrolled.
"My proudest achievements are that l have struggled to build my own home though through difficulties. Secondly l have also managed to take my children to school."
Benter's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Benter enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we face is the need to renovate our house. The finishing was not well done."
Helidah's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Helidah enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is paying fees and feeding my family,since am not employed."
Sarah's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Sarah enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is paying school fees for our siblings since we have no proper jobs and our parents are not there to help them."
Caroline's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Caroline enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that we don't have a piece of land that we can use in planting crops hence we are forced to hire people's farms which is expensive for us to manage."
Alice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is raising my family since I don't have a proper job we only live from hand to mouth."
Elizabeth's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that our income is not very stable and at times we spend a lot of money on food making us to be let with very little that cannot be used to pay for school fees for our kids."
Eunice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Eunice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income for my husband, his motorcycle taxi business is not very profitable and sometimes it means that our family has survive on only essential food items which may not be very nutritious."
Teresia's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Teresia enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my children and life has also become very expensive and difficult, we can hardly afford basic amenities for our family"