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.
Sarah's family
access_time 4 years ago
Sarah received a $338 second payment.
"I have just saved the money since i am still planning on how i am going to spend the funds"
Tupele's family
access_time 4 years ago
Tupele received a $338 second payment.
"Give directly did well on texting us a night before phone calls that they will be calling the next day so our phones should be on most of us in the village we left our phone on charge the whole night"
Hawa's family
access_time 4 years ago
Hawa received a $338 second payment.
"I am planning on installing electricity in the house that i am building, i will buy electric materials for electric wiring of the house."
Asyatu's family
access_time 4 years ago
Asyatu received a $338 second payment.
"When i received my second transfer i bought materials for improving my house. the remaining amount was used to buy food mattresses and other basic needs."
Mary's family
access_time 4 years ago
Mary received a $341 second payment.
"Everything that Givedirectly is doing is oky, people are being helped a lot. They are building houses and buying their most wanted needs."
Patuma's family
access_time 4 years ago
Patuma received a $341 second payment.
"I bought beddings for both my self and all the other family members, i bought a bicycle so that i should be using it when iam goi to the hospital and other places, i bought maize for food, new clothes for every member in the family, kitchen utensils and ironsheet so that i should improve the roof of my house"
Wale's family
access_time 4 years ago
Wale received a $341 second payment.
"For a long time I have been living in a house that is not strong grass thatched and muddy walls soon after I received the money from give directly I thought of building a new strong house using burnt bricks, cement and ironsheet and thanks to GD I am living in a very beautiful home, not only that I bought a bicycle to help me travel from one area to the other and I bought new furniture in my house not forgetting food"
Adamu's family
access_time 4 years ago
Adamu received a $341 second payment.
"My life has changed so much. I was nobody just a person who was struggling to provide food to my family but many days, my wife and children went to bed with empty stomach, to a room which had no beddings. The coming in of GD into my village, I told myselto use that money for the betterment of myself and family. With the second transfer, I have opened a groceries shop of which I am seeing it growing in the next 5 months."
Laje's family
access_time 4 years ago
Laje received a $341 second payment.
"Than it was before the transfer the transfer, things were so hard for me and my wife to make a living. We used to have so much disagreements which it has gone away"
Hajira's family
access_time 4 years ago
Hajira received a $341 second payment.
"I used the money to buy bricks so that i can use them to build my small house"