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
George
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means timely payment of my children's school fees. I have often paid school fees for my children late and that has affected their performance in class. When fees is paid in time, they will attend their lessons fully and get good grades which will lead to them having a brighter future."
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over 5 years ago
Sharon
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect my life to change positively in many aspects. I expect to be more financially stable and raise enough income for the family that can sustain us as a family."
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over 5 years ago
Ambrose
received a $22 seventeenth payment.
"Like I have mentioned before, I need to construct a new house in the near future so that my family can have a better place to call home. Currently, we have to squeeze and fit in this small structure that can barely accommodate all of us. I know that six months from today, my dream will have come true and life will be much better than it is today."
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over 5 years ago
Beatrice
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"With the intense work I am currently doing on my farms, I have a lot of expectation in the near future. If all will go well as planned, I expect to still add the number of goats to the flock so that in the next six months I can sell all of them to purchase one milk-producing cow."
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over 5 years ago
Eunice
received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"My plan is that come the next six months, I will have purchased a water pump to help me with my farming and even work towards seieng my production becoming better. This will ensure ease and availability of water for the crops."
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over 5 years ago
Patrisia
received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I shall have fixed an iron sheet roof and replace the grassed that one by buying building materials every month with the sent transfer. This is because at the moment the leaky grass thatched roof of my house is in a deplorable condition which has made it risky for our habitation."
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over 5 years ago
Wilson
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months I expect to be able to continue to pay school fees for my children and be able to plant the tea seedlings that I already bought from GiveDirectly bundles. These investments shall greatly help me in meeting the basic household needs for my family as well as be able to pay school fees for my children. to secure my future"
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over 5 years ago
Naomy
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be a dairy farmer. I will be earning a good income as well as producing milk for consumption at home. I will have stopped buying milk for my children which were a very costly affair. I see myself being able to meet my needs and those of my family with ease than ever before."
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over 5 years ago
Jane
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"For the many changes that GiveDirectly has brought it into my life, I still feel that there is still more than I can do to change my life further. I have a plan to ensure that in the next six months I would have leased a piece of land bigger than the one I currently own and start a more intense subsistence farming. I also have a feeling that with the number of livestock I have at the moment, I can as well work hard to see that I provide the right and adequate feeds to enhance milk production."
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over 5 years ago
Mical
received a $22 twelfth payment.
"My expectation in the next six months is to have a dairy cow. I want to stop buying milk every day because it is expensive. I also need to generate income by selling milk in my neighborhood. I really feel it is a good business because there are few people doing it in this area at the moment. I want to diligently save for the next six months and make sure that I buy the dairy cow."
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