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.
Alice's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Alice received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"In the next six I will continue paying for grandchildren school, as I will have saved enough money to pay their fee."
Alice's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Alice received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"In the next six I expect to have started cattle keeping and can sell them when I have any emergency to attend to."
Lilian's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Lilian received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have started pay school fee for my child with minimal struggling."
Mary's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Mary received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"In the next six months l would have started my own salon and getting money out of it and supporting my grandmother. "
Noah's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Noah received a $44 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect that the poultry keeping project will be generating me more income. My parents’ income is not that stable that can finance my college education and with this project, I will be able to see myself through college."
Jecinter's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jecinter received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have change the look of my house by renovating it through plastering cracked wall. I will be staying in a good looking house that I have been longing to have."
George's family
access_time over 5 years ago
George received a $249 second payment.
"I did a course in welding and currently, I'm employed in someone's workshop. I do not find it productive because I'm paid on commission so in the next six month of my life I expect to have saved enough money to purchase the welding equipment so that I open my workshop. With this, I'll earn more which enable me to comfortably meet my family's needs and goals."
Joyce's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"A few years ago when the government of Kenya forcefully evicted people from the Mau forest for encroachment, my parents became victims. Homes and schools were reduced to ashes and we became squatters for a long time. Myself and other school attending children inevitably became casual labourers in a nearby community so as to collaboratively provide for the family with our parents. My one time spirit and dream of becoming a teacher was ostensibly quashed by an impasse in which I had no control over. My life would be different now had I received education to college level. Right now I am a single mother of two who cannot fully provide a life of dignity to my children. With no stable source of income, my worry was seeing my children drop out of school in future due to poverty. But thanks to GiveDirectly cash transfer program, I am about to rewrite my story. "
Annah's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Annah enrolled.
"Its been 5 yrs since my son was diagnosed of epilepsy that affected him mentally. This is the biggest hardship i have faced since all the money i earn from selling milk as well as engaging in casual jobs such as weeding and tilling peoples farms end up in hospital and no money is left for savings. This worries me alot since i keep on wondering if i will ever establish bigger projects that could empower me financially."
Peter's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Peter enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will be able to buy a piece of land that will enable me rear livestock in it since my 0.5 Acre piece of land cant sustain livestock keeping. I will then use the remaining part of my transfer to buy sheep and goats for a start which will enable me to buy a dairy cow upon selling the goats and sheep when they multiply."