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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6 years ago
Catherine
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I have got gardens which I plan to farm my crops when the season for planting starts. I could not have got this gardens now if I never received the transfer since I was just starting life a fresh "I came back to my parent's home" after my marriage had failed."
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6 years ago
Sarah
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that there is a great change in my lifestyle as I am able to dress, feed and sleep well."
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6 years ago
Florence
received a $453 second payment.
"There was no another way I would acquire Livestock, pay school fees for my school going Children, Buy household items such as Clothes and Utensils if it wasn't of Give Directly. It's through Give Directly that I own all the above mentioned items which has greatly changed my life."
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6 years ago
Sarah
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that I now have a peace of mind because I was able to pay for my son's tuition with the cash transfer I received from GD, hence I feel OK unlike before , my pressure used to go high because I would worry about where I was going to get money to pay for my children's school fees."
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6 years ago
Moses
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I have built an iron roofed house with this transfer that I couldn't have built had I not received it."
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6 years ago
Lucy
received a $195 initial payment.
"I used part of the money I recently received to start a second-hand clothes business because before the money came, I was jobless and only worked as a volunteer in the nearby organization where all I was given was a transport allowance. This was a good opportunity for me to have a stable source of income which had been my greatest challenge in life. I used some of it to pay our house rent which had delayed for two months, bought foodstuff and saved the rest of it to expand my business at any necessary moment."
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6 years ago
Yovani
received a $226 second payment.
"My life is different in that my lifestyle has improved. I sleep well and I am able to meet my family needs through riding the motorcycle that I bought. "
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6 years ago
Amina
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been because I am happy to build an iron sheet roofed house and I sleep on a six inch mattress."
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6 years ago
Catherine
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that I'm now sleeping in my newly constructed iron roofed house unlike before the grass thatched house my family was staying in would lick whenever it rains and we would move household items to the part of the house that is not licking"
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6 years ago
Charles
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that I have been in position to construct an iron roofed house that I couldn't have built had I not received this transfer."
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