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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Rechinah's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Rechinah received a $542 initial payment.
"It was in the morning as I was going on with my daily activities when my daughter informed me that I had received the money that GiveDirectly had promised us. At that instant, I was filled with happiness and I stopped what I was doing. I accompanied my daughter back home so that we could pray together as a family to thank God for His abundant mercies and blessings which He had showered unto us through GiveDirectly."
Patricia's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Patricia enrolled.
"When I receive this money, we shall build a better house for ourselves."
Margrate's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Margrate enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is limited agricultural land and poor accomodation. "
John's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
John enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of land for cultivation. "
Esther's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Esther enrolled.
"Receiving this money is a means of helping me to pay school fees for my children then the balance I will use for hiring land for farming ."
Janet's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Janet enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build an iron roofed house. "
Rose's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"Receiving this money is a means of helping me to get money to build my house ."
Leah's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Leah enrolled.
"When i receive this money, I will build a house of our own to cut on expenditures on rent."
Joyce's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced is depression because my ex-husband took away my children."
Tom's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Tom enrolled.
"The biggest hardship which I face in my life is poverty which has affected my studies since my daddy passed a way ."