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.
Mary's family
access_time 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."
Morris's family
access_time 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."
Enoch's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Enoch received a $244 fourth payment.
"GiveDirectly staffs was good at talking to me the first time they enter my town to work although they came to give money without any condition."
Peter's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Peter received a $244 fourth payment.
"GiveDirectly staffs didn't accept anything from me to get on this program and most often they usually give me good advise on how to keep my money safe."
Keenee's family
access_time 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."
Rachel's family
access_time 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."
Betty's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Betty received a $244 fourth payment.
"I am a mother of eight children and getting money to pay all of them tuition has been really difficult for me. When I received GiveDirectly money, I used some to support my children in school."
Opa's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Opa received a $244 third payment.
"Getting money in this town to support my children was very difficult until I received a huge amount of money from GiveDirectly for the first time in my life. In the coming year, I want to build myself a new house and start a new business."
Rachel's family
access_time 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."
Jeffrey's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Jeffrey received a $244 fourth payment.
"I wasn't having enough money to support my family and to change my house roof. GiveDirectly has done a good thing by helping me with enough money that I have never gotten in my entire life without accepting anything in return form me."