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
Bessie
received an initial payment.
""Before I could received my recent transfer, I made a promised to my father-in-law to help improve their house because it is where we are staying. But keeping up with this promised was almost impossible due to lack of money. Happily when I received my first transfer my main goal is to see how best to fulfill my promised. On that I am planning to used a portion of the money to buy the require bags of cement to plaster the interior part of my and also lay the floors. Additionally, a portion of the money will be used to buy paints to also paint the house.""
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over 2 years ago
Sophia
received a $244 second payment.
"I am trying to rebuild my house that I am living in. The house I am living in has leakage all over the roof, and when the rain fall my house can be full with water, that's why when I received givedirectly money I decided to improved my old house and the leaking roof. Many thanks to givedirectly for their support. I also paid my children school fees."
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over 2 years ago
Beatrice
received a $244 second payment.
"I am planning to improved my old house in my village that I am living in right."
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over 2 years ago
Mohamad
received a $435 second payment.
"As a father, few things give me more pride than being able to educate my children and give them the best chance at a better future than mine. My biggest accomplishment in future is to be able to educate my kids from beginning to end. In the near term, I am striving to ensure that I restart my business , and be able to buy a few cattle to then go on to sell at market."
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over 2 years ago
Albert
received a $244 second payment.
"Plans to renovate my house and sent some to my son who's in the medical college in Monrovia."
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over 2 years ago
Nathan
received a $450 second payment.
"In the next year, I am praying and believing that I shall be able to buy a vehicle. With the progress that we have steadily made as a household, I believe that a vehicle will be within reach in due time. It would make both ,my business and ,my home life a lot more conducive. Ferrying charcoal by boda boda is very tiresome and takes a toll on me by days end."
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over 2 years ago
Eric
received a second payment.
""I hope I can complete my house project in the upcoming year"."
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over 2 years ago
Alex
received a $244 second payment.
""I hope to complete my house renovation as soon as possible and start building a home for my children in zwedru to cut down on the monthly rent payments. By doing this, I will be able to save for future projects"."
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over 2 years ago
Philip
received a $435 second payment.
"In my opinion, what GiveDirectly does well in this program is that we receive the transfers in lumpsum amounts. This helps in planning as one is in a position to do something huge as compared to when the transfers are given in small instalments.
Another thing that GiveDirectly does well is that the unlearned recipients are taught how to use mpesa. This has reduced the number of theft cases in the community as most of us managed to change our pins to a more secure code.
What needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household to avoid household conflict. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents.
Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs."
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over 2 years ago
Enock
received a $435 second payment.
"In my opinion, what GiveDirectly does well in this program is that we receive the transfers in lumpsum amounts. This helps in planning as one is in a position to do something huge as compared to when the transfers are given in small instalments.
Another thing that GiveDirectly does well is that the unlearned recipients are taught how to use mpesa. This has reduced the number of theft cases in the community as most of us managed to change our pins to a more secure code.
What needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household to avoid household conflict. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents.
Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs."
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