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
Nangobi
received a $467 initial payment.
"Before I was renting but now I do own land where I do plan to rattle and do my farming. My hopes are now clear than it was before I recieved this transfer from Give Directly. "
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6 years ago
Lucy
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced is the death of my 4 children which left us depressed."
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6 years ago
Lucas
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is constant lack of money to pay rent. I am a casual worker and jobs have become unreliable in the recent past. "
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6 years ago
Namukose
received a $467 second payment.
"She is now stress free because her son was going to miss his gradiation because he had not completed graduation fees but when she received money from GiveDirectly, she was able to pay off the remaining balance and now her son is ready for graduation."
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6 years ago
Joyce
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of stable job that my family can rely on. Currently, my husband is doing casual jobs with little pay. This is unreliable and we sometimes go without a meal."
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6 years ago
Jeneti
received a $448 second payment.
"The big difference is that the transfer helped me build a good house."
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6 years ago
Lewnida
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of a good house and money to take my children to school, this has made my children not to get a better education."
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6 years ago
Mwenda
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of income which makes it hard for me to sufficiently provide basic needs especially food for my family. "
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6 years ago
Edna
enrolled.
"Being a single mother and raising children single handedly is the biggest hardship I have faced in life since I had to work extra hard to provide for them."
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6 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is sleeping in a grass thatched house that leaks whenever it rains. There are no resources to have a better house built."
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