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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John's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
John received a $471 initial payment.
"I felt really happy the moment I received my money. This is so because I had never had a chance to hold an amount as this. "
David's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
David received a $471 initial payment.
"I couldn't hide my joy on realizing that I had received my first cash transfer, because I received such a big amount that I had never held in life which was going to transform my life."
Elizabeth's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Elizabeth received a $471 initial payment.
"My daily life is different in that, I live a happy life because I managed to renovate my house therefore I slept well without any worries. I'm able to feed my family on kind of food stuffs we feel like because I have put aside some money for buying food."
Margret's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Margret received a $471 initial payment.
"My life has changed because I'm constructing my permanent house. Before, I used to sleep in my father's house."
Teddy's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Teddy received a $471 initial payment.
"The GiveDirectly transfer has affected my daily life positively in that, I have bought part of the building materials for the construction of my permanent house. Previously, I never had the money to begin doing this work hence am living each day happily."
Daudesia's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Daudesia received a $471 initial payment.
"The moment I received my first cash transfer, I couldn't hide my joy. That is because I was supported to pay school fees and I would build a specious house that my children will stay in."
Esta's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Esta received a $471 initial payment.
"The moment I recieved my money, I felt sigh of relief and joy at the same time. I knew that I had now got the money that would be able to construct a better permanent house than the one I am staying in at the moment as it leaks in case of heavy rains."
Martine's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Martine received a $471 initial payment.
"Every morning I wake up happy and full of joy because my house is at the roofing level. When the house is complete, I will soon move out of a grass thatched hut and start living in a decent iron roofed house. Nowadays, grass is very expensive to buy and hard to maintain."
Joseph's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Joseph received a $471 initial payment.
"The change that I have seen in my daily life is that, I feel happy because I have renovated my grass thatched houses that had been leaking. previously, I had to seat whenever it rained at night due to the leaky roof."
Christine's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Christine received a $471 initial payment.
"My life daily is different that, I live a happy life now because my business has been boosted with transfer, I feed my family well in terms of having three meals a day and a well balanced diet. Before receiving the transfer, It was very difficult to feed the and family and my business was crumbling."