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.
Ngobi's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Ngobi received a $476 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that am able to provide good shelter to my family."
Wilson's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Wilson received a $23 sixth payment.
"I expect my life to have changed in that I will have established a tea nursery and will have maize in my farm.All these are going to be possible because i am recieving this transfers."
Julius's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Julius received a $23 fifth payment.
"I expect to have bought a cow to be a source of milk and built a house because the current one is old and mud-walled roof."
Agness's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Agness received a $477 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on cementing my house into a semi- permanent on and now the money I used to spend on smearing my previous mud house I use on buying my household expenditure .I also bought a she -cow which is almost giving rise to a young one ."
Linda's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Linda received a $477 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on plastering the floor of my house that I had built with the second transfer and now I am staying in a clean environment that has less exposure to dust . I also bought food for my family's consumption ."
Paskal's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Paskal received a $498 third payment.
"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on paying off dowry , through this I have regained my in -laws confidence and respect especially to those who looked down upon me . I also bought two goats and household furnitures such as a bed and seats ."
Janet's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Janet received a $477 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on renovating part of my burt house which I had built with the second as this was as a result of my in - law who was jealous of the development I had gotten from GiveDirectly program and decided to burn it down unfortunately my twin children died on the incident . "
Lilian's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Lilian received a $636 second payment.
"My life different if l could not have received the transfer is that l could not have manage to pay dowry to my family ."
Patricia's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Patricia received a $636 second payment.
"My life different if l could not have received the transfer is that l could not have manage plaster my house and l could be still be staying in a very dusty house."
Simon's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Simon enrolled.
"I will build my house and marry a woman "