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.
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Anna's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Anna received a $467 initial payment.
"I now have an oxen that is being utelised for ploughing. I sleep on a good bed with bedsheets. These two are my big achievents. Before I received the transfer, I used a hand hoe for ploughing and sleept on a local mattress made out of a suck and grass."
Miria's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Miria enrolled.
"When I receive this money, I will build a house for my children because the one we are currently occupying is small and congested. I will also pay for my children's school fees because they were recently sent home for school fees. I will also buy household items like beddings and utensils."
Scovia's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Scovia enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of agricultural land and yet agriculture is the main source of income in our household."
Bett's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Bett received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"My life will have changed in the next six months because I will have started my Diploma course, the desire of my heart. I will also be having an income from the chickens and I will be expecting another income form the maize farm that I am planning to plant before this months end. It only takes about 6 months to mature giving me more form the investments that I make using the transfers form Give Directly."
Duncan's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Duncan received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I will have mastered the trade of keeping poultry. The income from the project will help me to invest more in maize farming for food in my household. These two investments including owning livestock will have empowered me financially. Meeting the household needs and those of mine will be easier and better done during the next six months and beyond."
Mercy's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Mercy received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I intend to buy a motorcycle and run a taxi business. My poultry farming will be huge by then and I will use the income to buy the motorcycle. I have seen one of my neighbors turn his fortunes by using a poultry project to acquire a motorcycle and this is that I will also do in the next six months."
Joseph's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joseph received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"My farm I ready for planting potatoes and failure is unlikely because I have all the inputs necessary. In the next six months, I will have harvested a fortune and this will give me a lot of money to meet my needs and even invest more of it in farming. I see myself being a very productive farmer because I will be using certified seeds for my production."
Joyce's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joyce received a $467 initial payment.
"That moment I received my money, I felt so happy because I have never held such amount of money in a life time. "
Gabudesia's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Gabudesia received a $467 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is improved feeding due to availability of food unlike before, nothing more."
Joseph's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joseph received a $467 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I was so happy because this money would build me a permanent house."