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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Beatrice's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I am a widow and and I do not have a stable source of income which I can use to suppory my family. This forces us to go a day without a meal. "
Caroline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Caroline enrolled.
"Receiving this money means a great change in my life because it is going to enable me buy several house hold items that have always longed for. "
Sellin's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Sellin enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I have been suffering from a heart condition that has hampered my activities making me not to do casual jobs. "
Editor's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Editor enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is heavy burden of fending for my big family without any support with the current economic times, its really hard times for me, sometimes I work the whole day in the farm and the wages that we are paid cannot buy everything that we need in the family. The lowest was two weeks ago when I fell sick, I could not get money to go to the hospital and was unable to go work in the farms, had my little children crying for food and I could not help, I wished I could swallow my children and die but we thank God who has brought us Givedirectly when no one cares to help my family."
Tom's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Tom enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced was last year when my wife abandoned our home carrying away everything that we had bought together including beddings. She openly accused me before my immediate neighbors that I was not able to provide her needs and she would not come back unless I paid her dowrey."
Michael's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Michael enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced was losing my wife to sickness because I had no money to take her to a proper hospital, this has left me with children to take care of alone and it has not been easy."
Salima's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Salima received a $444 second payment.
"Am now feeling good."
Daizy's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Daizy enrolled.
"My heart has been longing to have something that I would have in my home. Receving this money will help us to purchase a cow, this will assist us to get school fees for my children."
Emmy's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Emmy received a $546 initial payment.
"I now have more freedom because my children have a separate house to sleep.My house is very tiny and we were never comfortable in it. My children are now well fed and very soon,I will be milking my own cow which will mean savings on my daily budget."
Bosco's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Bosco received a $462 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I will be having timely and proper harvest than before when I used to cultivate late and have poor produce."