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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almost 6 years ago
Goreti
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different now because, I have been able to acquire things I wasn't able to buy on my own before getting these transfers. I have built a house, Bought household items and live a much better life in terms sleeping in a cool house and new bedding's. Before receiving these transfers, I used to live a hard life with a lot of stress on how I will built a good house because the one I was sleeping in was leaking."
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almost 6 years ago
Patrick
received a $453 second payment.
"My life has registered progress in that, I built a permanent structure for my poultry project. In the past, I never had money to build one and the turkeys were on free range. This exposed them to the wild animals like dogs and snakes that devoured them as some also got lost. All these led to huge losses and hindered the growth of my project."
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almost 6 years ago
Babra
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that I have managed to build my permanent house that I will move in and it will shield me from the rain unlike the one I am using at the moment that leaks.
Completing to build my commercial house as well will help me develop greatly. Unlike before when earning money was a problem where I could work in other people's gardens, this house will help because I will rent it off and generate income that I will use for other needs like hiring more farm lands for extensive food production, education for children, feeding among others."
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almost 6 years ago
Emmanuel
received a $471 initial payment.
"The moment I saw that I had received my transfer from GiveDirectly, I became too excited because I got the transfer which was going to help me settle the debt."
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almost 6 years ago
Jane
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have a started a fish business where I can be buying fish from the lake and selling in the community, door to door and even on market days. This will help generate more income for my household."
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almost 6 years ago
Sopphy
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I will be the happiest mother in my community. I am hopeful that I will have constructed my kitchen that means no more cooking outside the house in the open air. Besides that, I am hopeful that the poultry project will have been implemented as well. This will mean an addition to our daily income."
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almost 6 years ago
Joice
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I am certain that the renovation of my house will be complete and my family will be feeding well thanks to GD's transfers. I bet even now our faces look much brighter than some months back."
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almost 6 years ago
Jane
received a $453 second payment.
"There is a significant change in my life in that, I am a happy person because I acquire bulls that I will use to support the family in ploughing, thus early crop planting. Earlier on, I used to hire bulls expensively that would not even happen in time. Besides, some times I used to dig with a hand hoe that was very tedious and time consuming."
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almost 6 years ago
Sarah
received a $471 initial payment.
"I became very happy the moment I had received my money, because I knew I was going buy an ox that I have been longing to own."
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almost 6 years ago
Stella
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different now because I'm sleeping in a iron roofed house which I constructed using the transfers. Secondly I live a happy life because I no long have to look for grass for renovating my grass thatched hut. Previously, I used to sleep in a leaky grass thatched house that left my property damaged during rainy season."
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