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
Isiko
received a $449 second payment.
"I've finished my house
I've have a side business
My children are going to school
Generally all is well thanks to GD"
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6 years ago
Benedeta
received a $23 eighth payment.
"I know my life will change because I will have been able to plaster the interior part of my house, something that has always just been a dream to me."
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6 years ago
Lewnora
received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have started up a business so that I can an additional source of income other than farming."
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6 years ago
Rough
received a $544 initial payment.
"I felt very happy because I have never rceived such amount of money in my life ever since I was born."
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6 years ago
Leonard
received a $23 eighth payment.
"I expect I life to change in that I will furnished my house."
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6 years ago
Ann
received a $23 eighth payment.
"I expect my life to change in that my chicken will have increased in number and I will have also started a business."
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6 years ago
Susan
received a $467 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer I became so happy and I thanked God."
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6 years ago
Pelina
received a $467 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer, I felt so happy and I gave back the glory to God."
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6 years ago
Annah
received a $467 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer I felt happy, we woke up at night and could not sleep a gain. We danced, ululated in jubilation."
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6 years ago
Eunice
received a $544 initial payment.
"There has always been a stand-off between my parenst and my husband because he had not paid my dowry ever since we got married four years ago. This has undermined my relationship with parents but it is no more because of Give Directly."
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