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
Chebet
received a $546 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the freedom that the transfer has brought me. I could not leave the compound due to the demands of rearing livestock : fetching water, looking for hay and milking at the right time. My brother in-law will attend to the livestock so that I can go back to school. We plan to spend the second transfer on my tuition fee. There is no more excuse for me to stay home so as to tend to the cattle due to lack of fee. GD funds will set me free and enable me to further my education. I already have an offer letter to study a diploma course in Community Health and I am optimistic about this. Thank you for the funds. May God bless GiveDirectly."
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over 6 years ago
Catherine
received a $462 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is a feeling of being more happy than before."
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over 6 years ago
Yvanita
received a $23 fourth payment.
"At the moment I do not have a new goal insted I want to concentrate on fully renovating my house thereafter I'll think of something else to work on."
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over 6 years ago
Loy
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to meet my medical bills, buy a cow so that I can have milk."
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over 6 years ago
Rose
received a $546 initial payment.
"I have been stressed about building a new house but finally, I am going to have it and I have never gone without food ever since I received this transfer."
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over 6 years ago
Mary
received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months l except give directly to continue giving me money to continue paying my fee."
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over 6 years ago
Oluka
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will Marry my wife and part it I will invest in my business. "
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over 6 years ago
Esther
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means a great fortune to me since it will help me to attain financial freedom. I shall spend it mostly on buying new farm implements, which in return will boost my farming activities. "
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over 6 years ago
Edwine
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means liberation from hard way of life. I would like to spend the transfer on buying a motorcycle that hopefully will be a better source of income for my family."
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over 6 years ago
Amina
received a $546 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer I felt very happy because I had never received such an amount of money"
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