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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Ketty's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Ketty enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be in position to buy a piece of land. "
Mikilos's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Mikilos enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will buy oxen to help me in ploughing my gardens."
Janet's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Janet enrolled.
"I shall build my ironroofed house with the transfers."
Harriet's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Harriet enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will construct an iron rooffed house because I already have bricks."
Richard's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Richard enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is the sickness of children with little or no money for treatment."
Esther's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Esther enrolled.
"Receving this money means i will buy oxen to help me in ploughing of my farm land."
Geoginah's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Geoginah received a $50 fourth payment.
"I was very happy when I received my transfers since for a long time I have been depending on casual jobs to provide the basic needs for my family. I knew that I will venture into a new business to get an income to provide for my family."
Rose's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Rose received a $449 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I have constructed a beautiful permanent house. The price of good quality thatch material has gone high of late and this has made it very expensive to sleep in a thatched house. This is because on average a thatched house needs to be renovated annually."
Jane's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Jane received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to own a flock of sheep. I shall use the transfers to buy sheep which will be to me a remembrance of the philanthropic work GiveDirectly has done in our areas. Owning a flock of sheep will indeed change my life positively."
Brian's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Brian received a $50 fourth payment.
"I used my most recent transfer to pay rent and electricity bill since I received the money at a time when I had not paid the Land lord. I also bought food and save the remaining amount since I am planning to buy a motorcycle in future."