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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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. "
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over 6 years ago
Sicoviatino
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of land for cultivation. "
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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."
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over 6 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"My plan is to spend the transfers for building ironroofed house and buying household items. "
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over 6 years ago
Janet
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough money for buying oxen and household items."
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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."
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over 6 years ago
Esther
received a $459 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer I felt so happy."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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