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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Juliana's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Juliana received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect my life to have changed in the six months in that I will never lack money to support my children who will have joined various universities. I will be able to easily pay their bills including their pocket money."
Benard's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Benard received a $23 eleventh payment.
"I have been in the business of brick making for the last couple of years and I am now thinking of boosting this business so that I can earn more profits than I do currently. I need to buy more firewood within the locality so that I can make more and more bricks. If I can increase the production capacity then definitely i will make more money and that is my target within the coming six months."
Christopher's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Christopher received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I will be having sheep in order to keep them on my farm. The sheep multiply quickly and this is a way of making money."
Calvince's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Calvince received a $550 second payment.
"I would have not been where I am today if not for GiveDirectly for the gift of financial freedom. I now own my own house and my family can live comfortably in a large house. In addition to that, I have a motorcycle which makes my transport to and from work easy and efficient. My children can now stay in school and concentrate on their studies without worry of being sent home from school as I cleared the school fee arrears."
Prtronala's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Prtronala received a $23 eleventh payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have bought a dairy cow for milk production and bulls that will help in ploughing my piece of land. Currently, I hire people who do the job and pay them more money but I am hoping this situation which change soon. I will also use the bulls to plough other people's land so as to earn income."
Rose's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Rose received a $23 eleventh payment.
"In the next six months, I would want to continue paying school fees for my children so that they can study well in school. Their performance has been affected by being sent home for school fees every now and again. I would want them to have maximum time to studying in school."
Julius's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Julius received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect my life to have changed in the next six months because I will have completed building my house. This will reduce the amount of work doe buy my wife to maintain the house. It will also be a good environment as it is cleaner and free of dust. This will make my children happy to have a nice home and they will be so proud of me."
Lucy's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Lucy received a $23 eleventh payment.
"In the next four months, I want to save and buy a cow. With this cow, I would be able to get milk when it reproduces and sell some milk to raise a little income to sustain my family needs. Whenever I have a difficult situation, I can sell its offspring to raise money to handle such matters in the family."
Peter's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Peter received a $23 eleventh payment.
"I have a plan of joining one of the table banking groups that I normally see within the locality very soon. I like the idea of table banking because it forces one to be disciplined in terms of making savings. Right now I do not have a precise project that I expect to carry out with the cash that I will be saving but once I get there, I will come up with a viable project to launch and definitely I will reap maximum benefits from the project because I believe in my personal ability. ."
Ruth's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Ruth received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect my life to have changed in that I will be a livestock owner. This will be a financial level that is good enough for me as it is an investment that keeps growing every year as the animals multiply while being a source of income."