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.
Christine's family
access_time 6 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced is luck of money to pay my children's school fees."
Samuel's family
access_time 6 years ago
Samuel enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to further my children's education and also recover my land back since some time back I gave out some piece of land as a loan security to someone within this community."
Stephen's family
access_time 6 years ago
Stephen enrolled.
"The biggest hardship in my life is lack of enough support for sustaining my family welfare."
Sarah's family
access_time 6 years ago
Sarah enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced is lack of money to pay my children's school fees."
Loy's family
access_time 6 years ago
Loy enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced is the illness. I was diagnosed with kidney diseases and also wounds around my uterus."
Joice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joice received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect to own a cow in the next six months. This will be a reminder of the help that GD is sending us. It will give us milk for consumption and sale. I also intend to use the merry go round funds that I am a member to buy chairs. I frequently get visitors and the few we have are not enough, I feel we need some more."
Namaganda's family
access_time 6 years ago
Namaganda received a $449 second payment.
"Am now able to save money daily something that had never happened before."
Winny's family
access_time 6 years ago
Winny received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six months I expect to have my own tea plantation of 1 acre. The seedlings are currently in the seedbed awaiting maturity to be transplanted. I expect to have started to rear chicken for sale too. These two will be sources of income for us, which will translate to a better living standard for us. GiveDirectly funds have indeed helped us and we are grateful."
Monica's family
access_time 6 years ago
Monica received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six, I expect to have plastered the floor of my house and started a small business to help generate income for my family. My life will better off."
Naomi's family
access_time 6 years ago
Naomi received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six months to come, I will have bought my own cow. I expected a more peaceful and a happier life with the blessing of a newborn child to my family."