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
Mary
received a $23 fifteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will get enough harvest from this harvesting season. Therefore, I will store part of the harvest which will last us up to the next harvesting season. However, when I get a surplus I will sell in order to earn more income that will help me cater to my family's other needs."
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over 5 years ago
Francis
received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"With the plans that I have put in place, I hope to start cultivating on a wider piece of land in the next six months. This is a plan to boost our products which will help us in supplying enough foodstuff for the household and also in paying school fees with the surplus."
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over 5 years ago
Julius
received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I believe with the poultry farming I will be financially stable. Whit the money which I will be getting from this farming will enable me to meet my daily needs and accomplish other projects which I will plan to venture in future."
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over 5 years ago
Alphonce
received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six month I expect to have completed building the kitchen and my children will be able to have a nice place to spend their."
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over 5 years ago
Chelangat
received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"There are so many gaps yet to be filled to make us feel that we have achieved in life but first, we hope to complete all that we have started. The land which we are hoping to buy will soon come to pass in a month's time or two. We are planning to obtain the loan which we will be paying them direct to the seller of the land. Our children are also fast growing and it's been a wake-up call to us that we ought to start planning to construct a new house for them in the next six months. This will come once we have established a smooth payment of the plot of land which we are soon to buy. GiveDirectly had come to be an eye-opener not only to us but to the community at large. Everyone has plans and we all hope that this village will transform at the and develop to a great community by the time the transfers will be coming to an end."
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over 5 years ago
Alfred
received a $23 eleventh payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have established my home and when this happens, I will be enjoying freedom in my own place because currently, I stay in my father's compound. I always feel restricted from doing so many things even if no one has ever denied me the opportunity of doing anything. The sense of being free and flexible is not guaranteed in such an environment that is why I am eager to own my own home."
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over 5 years ago
Chepkirui
received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"My prayer in the near future is to buy a water tank. We have a persistent water problem in our locality and this has always been a problem for us during the dry season and we usually travel along distance looking for clean water. Having a reserve tank would surely come in handy during such hard times."
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over 5 years ago
Dama
received a $544 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is owning the livestock which include the 8 goats and a cow which previously I had none. I am expecting that they will reproduce and increase in number and help me to raise the capital that I need to start a business in future that will generate income to my household. I really believe my life will never be the same again even when GiveDirectly is through with the project in our village."
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over 5 years ago
Nehemiah
received a $460 initial payment.
"I felt very happy when I received the money but most especially after withdrawing it. At first, I doubted and receiving this transfer was a prayer answered. I had also longed to boost this business but had no money."
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over 5 years ago
John
received a $459 initial payment.
"My life has improved because I now own a plot of land which I'm going to build in my permanent house. Prior to this transfer, I had no money to complete paying for that plot and I had a lot of pressure from the owner. In addition, I'm also going to build permanent house which I never thought I would have managed. Currently, I'm still sleeping in a thatched house."
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