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 3 years ago
Patuma
received a $378 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that now poverty has lessen as compared to past when i was failling to access most of my needs"
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over 3 years ago
Peterson
received a $378 initial payment.
"I used the money to build a new house because it is what i have been longing for. For along time i have lived in a poor house with a grass roof but now i have an iron sheets one"
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over 3 years ago
Mariam
received a $366 second payment.
"Give directly has fulfilled his promises in our community"
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over 3 years ago
Esnart
received a $366 second payment.
"My life has changed in a way that now am sleeping on a mattress, I have food in my house and very soon I will have a house with iron sheets. This was never the case before GD came into our village, we are thankful for the help we have received."
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over 3 years ago
Maimuna
received a $366 second payment.
"The money has helped me to buy a land for farming"
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over 3 years ago
Robert
received a $366 second payment.
"I am planning to spend my sending transfers on building a new house. After receiving the first transfers, I used the money to buy iron sheets and to mould bricks in readiness for my project to build the new house. With the second transfers, I will be able to pay the builder who will build the house for me. I will also use the money to buy window and door flames so that I should have a beautiful house. I no longer want to be sleeping in a glass thatched house I have been sleeping for many years."
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over 3 years ago
Kahindi
received a $489 second payment.
"The accomplishments I managed after receiving the first and the second transfer are so great that my household looks quite different from how it would have been if I had never received the transfer. I am glad that I managed to complete the construction of a new and spacious house for the whole family. It would have been so hard for me to accumulate a huge amount of money that would have been enough to put up such a descent structure but GiveDirectly made it possible for me through the transfers."
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over 3 years ago
Dama
received a $489 second payment.
"In my opinion, all that has been going on in our village since GiveDirectly came in is amazing. A lot of changes have been witnessed and in my capacity, I am thankful to have been accorded all rights to budget my own money and spent it on everything that I needed most for my household. I don't have any complaint at all, and like every other person in the village says it has been perfectly executed."
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over 3 years ago
Kache
received a $506 initial payment.
"It was exactly 9 am when I received the message of the transfer. I was in my house chatting with the grandchildren after completing morning chores. I felt very happy for receiving the transfer since I had never received such a huge amount of money before."
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over 3 years ago
Tabu
received a $506 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am living a stress free life after receiving the transfer. I no longer have to worry during the rain season after constructing a decent and spacious shelter for my family."
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