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
Mark
received a $482 third payment.
"My goal now is to save adequately and buy more equipment that will ensure my video show business is doing well and for expansion as well, to accommodate more interested customers."
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over 5 years ago
Edna
received a $512 second payment.
"Everyone in our village attests to the fact that GiveDirectly did a very good job and on my side, were it not for their support, I would still be wallowing in poverty and selling all the assets which I was still left with to gather for both the school fees for my children and also household goods. I am the most grateful person since my life was in a very bad condition but now I praise God for the elevated lifestyle I am living now."
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over 5 years ago
Sharon
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I hope to have established a small buainess that will be generaying an income. I wish to do this so that I stop relying on menial jobs that are rarely available and pay very little. I will be making money on a daily basis."
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over 5 years ago
Nickson
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I will be doing well and may have started my own family.I will be able to start a family since I have disvovered a very good way of making money. This will help me to provide for a household and therfore I can start a family. "
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over 5 years ago
Chepkorir
received a $511 second payment.
"The biggest achievement I have had ever since I started receiving transfers from Give Directly is that I managed to buy a piece of land. I also managed to build a house with the same transfers. These are big projects that I don't think I would have achieved were it not for Give Directly. I really thank them to date because not even my close relatives would have assisted to do half of what Give Directly has done. May God bless them abundantly."
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over 5 years ago
Winnie
received a $512 second payment.
"The greatest difference in my life ever since Give Directly came into my life is that I bought a cow and built a house. This two have been my goals for a long time now but I couldn't achieve them because I didn't have enough money to have them. My income was mostly spent on daily basic needs. I am happy because finally, I was able to achieve them through the help I got from Give Directly."
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over 5 years ago
Cherono
received a $512 second payment.
"Were it not for Give Directly, I believe I wouldn't have gotten a chance to buy a piece of land since we had no capacity to raise money for buying one. I could have also not bought a cow that has so far made tremendous changes in my life. Ever since we have been buying milk but am happy now own a cow that has already started producing milk."
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over 5 years ago
Anna
received a $530 initial payment.
"My daily household needs had always been overwhelming since I focus too much on my children school fees that require me to raise a lot of money. I always have to spend a lot of money on my household needs and the worst was the milk since I have a young family that requires it on a daily basis. The biggest difference in my daily life is the cow I bought using part of my transfer. I am so happy that I currently have an asset to take pride in. I see this cow as my financial security to any financial needs arising in my family. I am happy currently I no longer spend on milk hence can save the money to help in other needs and that with time my cow will reproduce hence increasing my asset and security to the financial need of my family."
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over 5 years ago
Wilson
received a $530 initial payment.
"I was awoken by an incoming message notification on my phone on checking it I found out I had received money from GiveDirectly, I felt so happy that I will also assist my family again. I immediately saw my child who is a candidate this year getting a humble time to read since I could raise her fees at once to enable have a good time to prepare for her examination."
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over 5 years ago
Domtila
received a $245 second payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have completed building the kitchen and my children will have a very a comfortable place to sleep in as well as better place to cook in."
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