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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Yvanita's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Yvanita received a $23 eighth payment.
"My life will be different from how it was because I will have bought the sheep that I plan to keep within my compound and probably make some profit from them in the future when they will have given birth."
Loy's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Loy received a $452 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I have been able to afford a cow and finish my permanent house. When this cow produces, it will give me milk and also income in the near future."
Florence's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Florence received a $452 second payment.
"I am happy because the cash transformed my life from living in a leaking grass thatched house to constructing a three roomed iron roofed house. My life would have been very hard, had I not received the cash transfer, my hut would have collapsed on me."
Hellen's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Hellen received a $452 second payment.
"If I had never recieved the transfer, I would not be in position to own a set ox plough. hence timely and extensive cultivation."
Christine's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Christine received a $452 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I have been able to meet my daily needs and most of all, we bought a cow that will produce and help us in the future. In the past, we lacked most of the basic needs and life was a shame, simply because we never had money to buy them."
Lucy's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Lucy received a $452 second payment.
"My household was full of inadequacies, the provision of this cash transfer through GiveDirectly provided relief to me and my household members. I used to be stressed on how to sort family problems but now that is history. Paying medical bills, tuition, feeding and accommodation had been major challenges but through the support, I can say that they are now sorted."
Selina's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Selina received a $452 second payment.
"My life life is different in that, I have been in position to get materials that I intend to use for constructing an iron roofed house, I couldn't have got these materials had I not received money from Give Directly."
Florence's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Florence received a $452 second payment.
"My life is different in many ways than it would have been if I never received these transfers because I have shifted from a grass thatched house to a permanent house, I have paid school fees, debts and bought household Items which were lucking in my home. My life is at peace now because previously I never stopped thinking how I was going to pay off the debt I acquired and so many other needs required in the household."
Sharifah's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Sharifah received a $459 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I'm now sleeping in a permanent structure not again in a grass thatched hurt. Secondly I can now afford to have meals three times in a day not like before when we could hardly have a meal in a day."
Joyce's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Joyce received a $452 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I had never recieved the transfer in that I am now leaving a healthy life. Now, I am able to go collect treatment as and when I need it. I am less stressed now."