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 2 years ago
Mary
received a $244 fourth payment.
"I have never handled such a huge amount of money in my entire life as compared to the one GiveDirectly have given me. GiveDirectly is doing good by giving me money without paying it back so I can help myself."
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over 2 years ago
Morris
received a $244 fourth payment.
"GiveDirectly staffs didn't accept anything from me when I got on this program and by receiving this money, I believed it's one of the good things that have ever happened in my life."
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over 2 years ago
Enoch
received a $244 fourth payment.
"I am living in my father house at age 24 and I am getting bigger and don't want to continue living in my parents house. I am using the money received from GiveDirectly to buy building materials to build myself a house."
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over 2 years ago
Peter
received a $244 fourth payment.
"I am not living in a descent house, during rainy season, sleeping in my house becomes very difficult. The money I received from GiveDirectly was used to buy building materials inorder to renovate my house. I also used some of the money to buy television so my family and I can entertain ourselves."
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over 2 years ago
Keenee
received a $244 fourth payment.
"I used the money received from GiveDirectly to start a small market, buy mattress and provide food for my grandchildren."
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over 2 years ago
Rachel
received a $244 fourth payment.
"My two children are attending school in Monrovia and living with my anty. I used the money received from GiveDirectly to pay my children school fees and for one of my sons to undergo an operation."
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over 2 years ago
Betty
received a $244 fourth payment.
"It has been my dream for all of my children to complete high school, I have planned to use some of the money I received from GiveDirectly to start a new business so that I can continue paying my children tuitions."
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over 2 years ago
Opa
received a $244 third payment.
"I am a father of eight children and I only have a house that contains three bed rooms and there aren't enough space for all of my children to sleep. When I received the money from GiveDirectly, I used it to purchase building materials to build another house for my family."
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over 2 years ago
Rachel
received a $244 fourth payment.
"I am living in my parents house at age 38 because of the lack of money to build myself a house. The money I received from GiveDirectly will be used to buy building materials inorder to build myself a descent house."
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over 2 years ago
Jeffrey
received a $244 fourth payment.
"My house roof wasn't in a good condition and during rainy season it becomes very difficult to sleep at night. When I received the money from GiveDirectly, I used it to buy five bundle of Zinc to change my house roof along with some furnitures."
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