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
Wesley
received a $450 second payment.
"For the last one year, I have been supplying milk in the school that my children are in to reduce school debt, we used to supply about 20 litres of milk to school every day and in return, the school debt is reduced. Now that I have cleared the debt, I will be using the money from the milk we sell to buy a piece of land to start venturing into food farming or chicken farming.
By the end of another year, I hope to have made enough money and finally buy the land we want."
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over 2 years ago
Amos
received a second payment.
"I am hoping that the cows I have now will be healthy and big enough in one year, since my next financial plan is to sell them and venture into food farming with the money I will get from that sale.
The plan is to plant maize, beans, sukuma wiki and other vegetables to ensure that we have enough food to sell and at home as well."
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over 2 years ago
Chepkemoi
received a $435 second payment.
"when Give Directly gave us the transfers as individuals rather than giving it to one person in charge of a family and without any conditions as well, it encouraged unity in households because every home had to come together to plan for the money or at least every individual that received the transfers in the village became very financially responsible."
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over 2 years ago
Alice
received a $435 second payment.
"I used the second transfer to pay school fees for one of my sons in college using ksh 36000, this was the only we had then he will be done with college in about one year.
Since I did not want to have money without an actual plan, I bought enough food for the family and a cow to ensure that I did not end up wasting any of it."
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over 2 years ago
Gloria
received a $435 second payment.
"Give Directly did well by giving us unconditional cash, this created a lot of financial responsibility and accountability in every household."
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over 2 years ago
Dorris
received a $244 second payment.
"In my mind GiveDirectly is doing well because they are helping the poor to improve their lives. As for me I have not observed anything that GiveDirectly did not do well."
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over 2 years ago
Annie
received a $244 second payment.
"In my mind GiveDirectly is doing well for me because they are helping me with money which I can easily pay my children tuition. As for me I have not observed anything that GiveDirectly is not doing well."
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over 2 years ago
Samuel
received a second payment.
"What I am hoping to accomplish this coming year is to build my house. Accomplishing this means a lot to me because, I am presently living in a family house sometime when the Family get together there is no sleeping place so building my own house to live in with my family means a lot to me."
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over 2 years ago
Lisa
received a $244 second payment.
"What I am hoping to accomplish this year and next year is to buy my Land in zwedru. Getting land in zwedru has been my dream even before the arrival of GiveDirectly, so accomplishing this means a lot to me because land is a valuable assets even my children children's will benefit in future."
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over 2 years ago
Kou
received a $231 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that this money will help me to improve my house by plastering it. I have not seeing anything that GiveDirectly is not doing well."
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