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.
Bernard's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Bernard received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"In the next six months after completing the house, I want to buy a sheep as an investment. I would want to have livestock in my home just like my neighbours and I know how they can bail me out during the time of financial crisis. When it reproduces, I will have a number which is a source of wealth and later sell them to buy a cow."
Josfin's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Josfin received a $22 seventeenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be staying better house. I will never be rained on like before because I expect to have renovated the roof of my house in the next months."
Jacob's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jacob received a $22 seventeenth payment.
"In the next six months, my life will change in that I will have built my own house. Currently, I am staying at my uncle's house. I have come of age to build my own but due to low income, I could not buy building materials and build a house. This is because the little I used to harvest, was all we depended on with my grandmother to sustain our lives. Now that I have realised an increase in my harvest, I will sell the surplus to buy building materials for building a house for myself."
Janes's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Janes received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I shall have fixed an iron sheet roof and replace the grassed that one by buying building materials every month with the sent transfer. This is because at the moment the leaky grass-thatched roof of my house is in a deplorable condition which has made it risky for our habitation."
Mary's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Mary received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months hopefully, I will have recovered and will be strong enough to go on my day to day business on making ends meet. This will be my greatest joy."
Margaret's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Margaret received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I am hoping to have purchased more poultry and increased their numbers. I also expect to have enough food in store for both my basic consumption and retail for income generation."
Sharon's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Sharon received a $529 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that we have boosted our business that we were doing before we received the money. My spouse used to borrow money from friends and relatives to conduct his business of buying cows and selling at the market at a slightly higher price to earn a profit to support our family in meeting the basic needs. This activity was not easy because sometimes there were no profits and sometimes he could not get the money from friends. Lack of capital in any other business can stop the continuity of that project. Sometimes there were losses and my spouse could get a lot of pressure from the relatives who he had borrowed the money from and this was stressing us all as a family. Currently, my spouse is at peace of mind and his business is doing great he no longer gets pressure and all the profits that he gets from the business are not shared among the friends like before. We have started some saving culture to gather for the emergency and school fees for our children. We are so happy because our living standard has changed compared to the previous one that we had."
Rodgers's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Rodgers received a $529 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that seeing my mother living in a decent a house makes me feel happy and at peace. I feel relieved because she won't be walking at night begging for shelter which was so risky and embarrassing at the same time. Were it not for GiveDirectly my mother would still be suffering. I thank God because with this help I managed to build a decent house and took her to the hospital since she was also sickly and old. I always pray for GiveDirectly because they have improved the health of my mother and there is hope for her to live longer."
Zawadi's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Zawadi received a $529 initial payment.
"I had been married for years but my husband passed on leading to frequent conflicts with my in-laws. I had to go back to live with my parents after they forced me out of their home. Because of this, I resolved to save some money in order to buy my own piece of land. I had acquired a piece of land where I was intending to build a home for my family but could not clear the price due to limited resources. I am at peace now because when I received this transfer, I cleared the cost of the plot and now I am ready to start a new life at my own place. Very soon I will be building a home to live peacefully with my children. I am grateful to GiveDireclty for taking me out of this trouble. To me, having fully acquired the plot is the biggest difference in my daily life."
Jael's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jael received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"My current house is in bad shape, the walls almost falling. It's unsafe and I always dread the rainy seasons because the house might fall on us anytime. I have the plans to construct a new one using the coming transfers. I'm hopeful that I'll have constructed a new house in the next six months."