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
Job
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will build an iron roofed house. The one I sleep is a grass thatched house and it's expensive to maintain since grass is had to get and expensive to buy."
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over 5 years ago
Emmanuel
received a $451 second payment.
"The greatest difference is that GiveDirectly has given me hope to pursue further studies. I am looking forward to enrolling in a diploma course early next year. In addition to this, I also cleared my debts with the cash transfer."
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over 5 years ago
Loy
received a $451 second payment.
"I am debt free after I settled all my debts. I reclaimed the two plots of farm land that had been attached as collateral for a loan. Previously, I was in a fix because I had no other means of generating income. I am very happy that life is now much comfortable and worth living with the aid of the cash transfers."
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over 5 years ago
Kate
received a $451 second payment.
"The greatest difference in my life is that the cash transfers restored hope into my life. I had no hope of completing the purchase of a piece of farm land. However, I was able to complete the purchase of the plot of land. I also acquired a solar system that provides lighting at night. In the past, I would use a small phone flashlight which was inadequate."
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over 5 years ago
Musitafa
received a $451 second payment.
"For a very long time I had been wishing to acquire tools for my furniture workshop. The cash transfers revitalized my business and I am happy that I am self independent. Previously, I could not afford clothes nor afford tools for my workshop. I am grateful to GiveDirectly for changing my life."
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over 5 years ago
Benedeta
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"My life will change in the next six months in that I will be having a new house and then I plan to buy a cow after that. I would want to have an investment which can bail me out when I have financial emergencies without having to beg or borrow money anymore."
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over 5 years ago
Caren
received a $22 tenth payment.
"I have a child who will soon join preschool next year. I feel happy for her progress but I again feel worried because I had not saved any money for her school fee and school equipment. I'm therefore planning to start saving part of the money I am receiving from Give Directly so that come next year, I won't face any financial challenge while enrolling him in school. In the next six months, I expect to have reached my target savings"
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over 5 years ago
Aida
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I an going to construct a permanent iron roof house. The one I am sleeping in now is semi-permanent and I am scared it may collapse any time."
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over 5 years ago
Andrew
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will able to construct an iron roof house. In March this year my house burnt with everything in it including our identicards. I believe its hard for an iron roof house to burn and my property will be safe. "
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over 5 years ago
Jennifer
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced in my lack of enough land for farming. My household depends on farming as a source of income. "
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