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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Joel's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Joel enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that my income is very low and I depend on someone else's bike in order to feed my family which at times is a challenge whenever the owner refuses to lend it to me. "
Sicoviatino's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Sicoviatino enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of land for cultivation. "
Anton's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Anton enrolled.
"The biggest hard I face is continuous struggle to pay school fees to my children due to hard economic times we have been experiencing. I do not have a reliable job and the casual labour I rely on does not fetch me enough money to pay school fees."
Jane's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"My plan is to spend the transfers for building ironroofed house and buying household items. "
Janet's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Janet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough money for buying oxen and household items."
Michael's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Michael received a $459 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that we are happy in the family because I acquired many things that we did not have."
Esther's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Esther received a $459 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy."
Lasaro's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Lasaro received a $459 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my big dream of building the iron roofed house has come to pass. I have also acquired good clothes which I did not have before."
Joseph's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Joseph received a $459 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy together with the whole family."
Emanwel's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Emanwel received a $546 initial payment.
"The moment I received money from GiveDirectly, I was so happy because I never thought it could be true until I saw the message."