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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Betty's family
access_time 6 years ago
Betty received a $464 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I now have basic necesities of life and I am happy."
Elizabeth's family
access_time 6 years ago
Elizabeth received a $464 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I can now feed on a balanced diet with the help of Give Directly cash transfer. "
Sarah's family
access_time 6 years ago
Sarah received a $464 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am happy."
George's family
access_time 6 years ago
George received a $23 eighth payment.
"I would want to plaster my house."
Joseph's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of oxen for ploughing and residing in a rough incomplete house."
Hellen's family
access_time 6 years ago
Hellen enrolled.
"The biggest hardship which I face in my is lack of assistance for farming ."
Stella's family
access_time 6 years ago
Stella enrolled.
"Receiving this money is a means of helping me to build a house for my family since am a single mother."
Suleiman's family
access_time 6 years ago
Suleiman enrolled.
"My most troubling worry is always about unemployment since I have been struggling to seek employment by dropping my certificate in work places but with no success. This has hindered my growth and making it difficult for me to achieve my goals. "
Gladys's family
access_time 6 years ago
Gladys received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, my firstborn child will have joined a computer college that will enable her to acquiree necesaaary school skills for her future life."
James's family
access_time 6 years ago
James enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that,I will accomplish the long awaited plan of marrying my wife.I have spent two years in marriage with a desire to marry but there are no finances."