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.
Maria's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Maria received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I'm planning to use the coming transfers to purchase plastering materials for plastering my kitchen which I'm currently constructing. I'm hopeful that in the next six months I'll have plastered the kitchen."
Ezekiel's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Ezekiel received a $452 second payment.
"The greatest achievement is that the cash transfers enabled me to process a land title. I will be able to secure my ten acres of land. Previously, I was worried of losing the land due to the absence of a genuine land title. I am happy that I have been relieved from the worries."
Jacob's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jacob received a $246 second payment.
"I have just started a new grocery business using part of the money that I recently received but still partly working as a motorcycle taxi operator using a hired motorcycle. I hope that in the coming six months, the grocery business will have stabilzed enough to allow me to quit he currently one that I am doing and so that I can fully focus on it. I am also hoping that the business will turn out to be profitable enough and make it possible for me to save enough money to achieve the previous goals I had of constructing a better house."
Joash's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joash received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I'm planning to construct a spacious poultry house which meets the required standards of a poultry house. I'm hopeful that in the next six months I'll have constructed a shelter for the poultry hence I won't be rearing the poultry in a free-range system. This will save my poultry from both predators and poultry infections hence I won't be losing the poultry anymore."
Seline's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Seline received a $246 second payment.
"My expectation in the next six months is to have established my home. I have been working towards this because I want to stay in a place where I can have freedom of doing things my way. I have enjoyed staying in my parent inlaw's compound but I feel that it is time to move out."
Joice's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joice received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"My expectation for the next six months is to use all the monthly transfers to settle my daughter's school fees on a monthly basis. My aim to have manageable arrears in school by the mid of next year since it will be her final year which I can settle through selling part of my farm produce after GiveDirectly has completed their work in our village."
Nashon's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Nashon received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I have the plans for renovating my current house so that it can be more stable and neat. I'm planning to achieve this by using the coming transfers to purchase the required plastering materials. In the next six months, I'm hopeful that I'll have plastered both the walls and floor of my house."
Joyce's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joyce received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have a stable business which will earn me a good profit. I'm planning to achieve this by expanding the current business with part of the coming transfers. This will enable me to sustain my household needs without challenges."
Ambros's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Ambros received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I shall have bought a goat with the savings This will be a relieved for me because I have always wished to expand my livestock rearing project to a higher level for income generation purposes."
Magaret's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Magaret received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have started the business. I have not decided what kind of business I want to invest in but I have decided on investing in a business. I want to save part of my harvest to raise the money for the business capital."