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.
Edna's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Edna received a $254 initial payment.
"my life is currently different because I always have an income from the cow and chicken that I bought after receiving this transfer.I am able to afford to pay for my family's basic needs"
Chirchir's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Chirchir received a $254 initial payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next three months because I will have established a Cyber cafe'.I will have ventured into dairy farming."
Charles's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Charles received a $236 initial payment.
"I plan to start a motorcycle spare parts business in the next three months."
Richard's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Richard received a $23 sixth payment.
"In the next six months I expect to have harvested potatoes which I had planted with the money which I got from GD. I will sell it and support my children who are in secondary school."
Daizy's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Daizy received a $236 initial payment.
"currently I prepare land for planting and also plant on time.I don't use my own manual labor but employ tractor in ploughing my farm.I have a good lighting system that is cheaper than the paraffin lamp use I had before I received this transfer.I also have confidence that I will keep my children well in school."
Larry's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Larry received a $477 third payment.
"The biggest gift I have given to my mother is to spend the larger part of my third transfer on expanding her house which is now accomodative whenever their visitors or family at large around . I also bought food for my consumption ."
Anna's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Anna received a $477 third payment.
"Looking into my life at the moment I am always in desibelieve since I am staying in a beautiful spacious three roomed house that I spent my third transfer to build which I didn't know I would have owned.Before I was staying in a small grassed thatched leaky house and for the change I have got I will always be in gratitude to GiveDirectly ."
Donah's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Donah received a $477 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building my own homestead and now I am the happiest woman in the world since this has given me an opportunity to be independent unlike before when I was staying at my parents - in- law's homestead ."
Emily's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Emily received a $477 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building a three roomed house in my own homestead and now I have a peace of mind as I am able to operate my projects efficiently unlike before when I was staying in parents - in- law homestead."
Josephine's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Josephine received a $498 third payment.
"As a parent I have always wanted the best for my children and It was my joy seeing my two children who were in the university go to school without being sent home for school fees arrears since I had settled these arreas with my third transfer. "