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
Julius
received a $451 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I have been able to start up my business which is giving me daily income. In the past, I used to toil in people's gardens yet receive little pay, but now am a boss of my own living the life I enjoy."
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almost 6 years ago
Margret
received a $451 second payment.
"Had I not received the cash transfer, life would have been difficult and incorrigible. With the cash transfer, life is much better now because the motorcycle that I purchased earns us daily income. We are able to buy good food and basic needs with this income."
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almost 6 years ago
Joseph
received a $451 second payment.
"My life is different in that I have been in position to construct an iron roofed house and I'm in the process of clearing my wife's surgery bill, I couldn't have done all these at once had I not received this money from Give Directly."
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almost 6 years ago
Betty
received a $451 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I had never recieved the transfer in that, I would not be in position to get proper treatment and would probably be dead."
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almost 6 years ago
Anna
received a $451 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I'm now very happy and healthy because I do not have stress. I can now pay school fees for my children not like before when I would get stressed up because I had source of income. In addition I'm currently sleeping in my permanent house. I would not have stopped sleeping in a leaking grass thatched hurt if I never received my transfer."
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almost 6 years ago
Esther
received a $451 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer because I have not yet been diagnosed with Ulcers due over thinking on how to get money. My daughter is battling with Sickle cells and the father abandoned me and the child so treating this child has been a hustle. But from the time I got my transfer I have been able to get her treatment."
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almost 6 years ago
Solomon
received a $451 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I have been able to acquire land to live in. Previously, I never had enough land not even money to buy another plot for myself."
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almost 6 years ago
Fanice
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I plan to make savings together with my family members and the amount that we will get will go into buying a cow that I know will give birth in the future and we will benefit by getting milk from the animal. Apart from that I know I will make money by selling out the calves once it starts giving birth. The cash will go a long way in sustaining the family in the future."
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almost 6 years ago
Nathan
received a $451 second payment.
"My life is different in that I am now making my own money from the motorcycle that am ridding as a boda boda . I go back home with UGX 25,000 on a good day and UGX 15,000 when the business is not good . Am now able to meet my home expenses."
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almost 6 years ago
Christine
received a $451 second payment.
"My life is different than if I had not received cash transfer from GiveDirectly in that, I have acquired a plot of land that I intend to construct my home. Before I acquired a plot of land, we were staying in a very crowded place with a lot of moral decay and family wrangles among households. I am happy because that will soon be history."
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