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.
Joseph's family
access_time 5 years ago
Joseph received a $22 twentieth payment.
"In the next six months, I would have upgraded my business from selling chicken to selling goats and sheep. This would enable me to earn more profit which would empower me to do much more and meet my daily expenses with less struggle."
Samuel's family
access_time 5 years ago
Samuel received a $39 eleventh payment.
"I had previously worked as a motorcycle taxi operator before I opened the current grocery business I have. Then, I was using a hired motorcycle which I had to pay for on a daily basis so the returns were not so good. With the profits I am making from this grocery business together with the monthly transfers I am receiving, I am planning to buy a motorcycle on credit which I can clear paying for in monthly instalments so that I can have a supplementary source of income. This motorcycle will also enable me to ferry my grocery products with ease which will then reduce the costs I am currently incurring paying for delivery services."
Anna's family
access_time 5 years ago
Anna received a $22 twentieth payment.
"I believe in the next six months, I would be earning more profit through my business which is buying and selling of eggs. Since eggs are in high demand, and having good stock would be guaranteed huge reward which would enable me to pay school fees for my children who are in college and high school."
Joshua's family
access_time 5 years ago
Joshua received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have saved enough money that would enable me pay college fee for my daughter with ease without bothering anyone."
Janepher's family
access_time 5 years ago
Janepher received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have completed building my spacious house and staying in it with my family very comfortable and atleast I will have started poultry keeping in my compound."
Monica's family
access_time 5 years ago
Monica received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have renovated my house and staying in it. I will also feeling encouraged to welcome visitors without any fear."
Nikanor's family
access_time 5 years ago
Nikanor received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six I will have improve my livestock farming I will not always be worried in case of any emergency. "
Dorcus's family
access_time 5 years ago
Dorcus received a $363 second payment.
"I joined college in January this year to take a course in Social Work but had to drop out three months later after my relative who had promised to pay the fees withdrew the financial support. When I started receiving these transfers, I decided to go back to continue from where I left because I could now afford to pay my own fees. With part of the most recent transfer, I paid part of this semester's fees and bought some household items as I had just moved into my own house away from my mother's house. I still have the rest of the money saved for future business plans."
Chepkemoi's family
access_time 5 years ago
Chepkemoi received a $537 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a booming hair dressing business. This was occasioned by the blow drying machine that I bought with the transfers. This machine has seen me have more customers in my business and has shifted my profits from the KES 400 that I used to make each day to a whooping KES 600 to KES 1000 a day. I feel so indebted for the support I received from GiveDirectly."
Hellen's family
access_time 5 years ago
Hellen enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will spend to buy oxen and ox-plough for ploughing. Iam depending on culivation as a source of earning for Educating my children but I do not have oxen to enhance ploughing. I harvest less due to small crop cultivation where by it can not help in raising money for paying my children school fees. Givedirectly money will enable my household own oxen and ox-plough to faciltate large crop cultivation thus high produce. I will be selling some of the produce to raise money for paying my children school fees."