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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over 5 years ago
Kadzo
enrolled.
"Food insecurity has been my biggest hardship in life since I am a subsistence farmer and my produce are always few due to my traditional ways of farming. When I get the transfers, I will be able to cab this menace by buying an oxen which will help me to have more produce. "
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over 5 years ago
John
received a $22 fourteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I shall have bought the required building materials which will facilitate the completion of the construction of my new house. Having completed the construction of this house I will be more than relieved since it has been my longest dream that seemed unachievable."
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over 5 years ago
Joan
received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have started a shop business in my village. I will be making money from it and this will enable me to comfortably be able to cater to my child. The baby will soon be starting school and will require the school fees and other educational costs that must be covered. This will be [possible if I establish a constant source of income."
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over 5 years ago
Philiph
received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"In the next six month, I expect to have a good harvested since I have improved my farming culture. I will have enough food and surpluses to sell. I foresee better access to basic needs in the next months and more income to invest in other income-generating activities."
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over 5 years ago
Pauline
received a $22 fourteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that, I will have a stable business by establishing this business in a busier location have to attract more customers that might translate to double profits. These profits will assist me to meet most of my family's needs comfortably even when GiveDirectly shall have phased out their projects meaning I won't gon back to desperately borrow nor rely on my friends and relatives for assistance."
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over 5 years ago
Norah
received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"I expect my life to have improved in that I will have expanded the farm activities. I will have leased more farm and grown more crops. This investment will be earning larger proceeds that will improve the lives of my family members. I will get money for school fees and food from the farm."
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over 5 years ago
Hellen
received a $469 initial payment.
"The moment I got money, I felt happy because I got money for paying fees for my children and stocking food."
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over 5 years ago
Mercy
received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"In the next six months of my life, I will have changed the living conditions of my parents. I will have to build a more decent semi-permanent house. Right now they are living in a shanty house that can fall any time. I don't feel good when I see them being rained on because of the many cracks on the roof and walls. This is why my goal of building a house for them comes first before anything else"
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over 5 years ago
Winny
enrolled.
"Raising livestock is my main occupation since for a long time it has enabled me provide needs for my family sufficiently. I therefore plan to add more sheep, goats and one dairy cow to my herd using money from give directly. I will also use part of my transfer to buy furniture and beddings for my house"
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over 5 years ago
Leah
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have bought some of the building materials. I currently live in one house with my family and it has been hard to build a better one due to the overwhelming family needs. I will be hopeful that my goal to have a decent house will be about to be realized."
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