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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5 years ago
Ocuku
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means acquiring cows that I will rear as an asset to provide money for future needs, most likely start a small business to support my livelihood. "
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5 years ago
Beatrice
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I can buy oxen and hire land for agriculture. I currently don't have oxen and enough land to cultivate."
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5 years ago
Anna
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I can build an iron roofed house and beddings. The house I currently sleep in leaks and beddings are too old."
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5 years ago
Charles
enrolled.
"I intend to buy oxen and an ox plough with this money. It's been very difficult for me to plough my agricultural land since I relied wholly on hiring oxen which I hardly got on time."
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5 years ago
Sebia
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I can buy a cow that can produce for me milk to take. In addition, I'll build an iron roofed house because the one I currently sleep in is destroyed by the termites."
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5 years ago
Betty
received a $22 twentieth payment.
"I expect to have a better life because I will be having farming capital from the sale of cabbages that I am just about to grow. I will make it sustainable by ensuring that I use part of the proceeds to run more vegetable farms. The income I will be getting from the dairy cows will also be continuing. GiveDirectly will have left an indelible mark in my life and that of my entire village. We are so grateful that we come to be the beneficiaries of this organization."
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5 years ago
Margaret
received a $45 eighth payment.
"I expect to have acquired more livestock. I will have bought more goats to rear. I know that in six months' time, they will have increased and this becomes a continuation of earnings from the investment of GiveDirectly transfers. I also expect to have improved my home. I will be doing much better than ever before."
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5 years ago
David
received a $22 twentieth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have finished building a shelter for the dairy. I have some cows that need to be well taken care of. I will also have to change the breeds of my cow so that I can purchase one that is resistant to diseases and can cope with the climate at home."
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5 years ago
Lucy
received a $450 second payment.
"My life has changed ever since I got this aid. I'm now stress free because I have managed to build a three roomed house up to roofing level. GiveDirectly program found when I had already started to build it but I stopped at window level because I never had no finances to continue. Thanks to GiveDirectly, soon I will shift from a leaking thatched house to a permanent house."
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5 years ago
Christine
received a $450 second payment.
"My life has changed because I'm have built for my children a two roomed permanent house. My children have not yet shifted because I have not yet fixed shatters but by next week they will be occupying it. Currently, we are still occupying a small house which can barely accomodate all us. In addition, I have repossessed my farm land as opposed to when I hired."
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