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.
Japhet's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Japhet received a $49 eighth payment.
"My new goal is to open a boutique. I feel that business is what I can do well. With a good relationship with the college students, I have been able to sustain my current business and I know that it will even get better when I have a strategic business structure where all customers will be able to get all that they need in one place."
Janes's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Janes received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"It is very embarrassing that at my age, I am still living in my grandmother's house with my wife. The shame has affected how I relate with my fellow villagers as most of them make fun of me. I am doing all that I can to ensure that in the next six months, I will have constructed a house of my own house and live a normal life."
Weldon's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Weldon received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved enough money to enable me to expand my acre of farming I will be in a position to buy seeds and fertilizers needed for that project."
Dama's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Dama received a $534 initial payment.
"I am currently in the process of making bricks for building my house having lived in a small grass-thatched house for quite a long time. I have always wanted to build a better and more decent house but I could nit afford to do so. The biggest difference in my life, therefore, is to be finally able to put up a decent house. This to me is a dream come true."
Charity's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Charity received a $49 eighth payment.
"Currently, my life is different from how it was in that I am more independent. Previously, my father could take most of my responsibilities including taking care of my children's needs too. This was just because as a single mother, I could try sustaining my business so as to take most of my needs but ended up seeking assistance from my parent. I am glad that I am in a place where I can handle most of the needed by myself after boosting my business with the GiveDirectly's transfer."
Evaline's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Evaline received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"Currently, my aim is to own livestock. I, therefore, have the plans to save the coming transfers so that I can buy a goat for rearing with the aim of selling the young ones in the future so that I can raise money to purchase a cow."
Vincent's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Vincent received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six month in that I will have saved enough money from the sales of my farm produce and I will be in a good position to buy a dairy cow. This will cut the cost of buying milk."
Ben's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Ben received a $469 initial payment.
"The moment I received my transfer, I became very happy because I had got the money for settling my debts."
Nathan's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Nathan received a $469 initial payment.
"I received the cash transfer message late at night. When I read it , I felt very happy because I had hopes of constructing a good permanent house."
Jared's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jared received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to be different in the next six months is to buy a water tank. This is because during the dry seasons we struggle to get water and in most cases, we are forced to go for long distance to get water. I know when I buy the tank, I will never struggle again for water in the dry seasons."