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.
Zaina's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Zaina enrolled.
"Receiving this money means a formidable solution to my household challenges like congestion due to the small shelter, utensils among others. I have always wanted to expand and repair my house as well as start an income generating business."
Scovia's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Scovia enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is the small house we live in me and my family yet we are big in number."
Daisy's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Daisy received a $23 fifth payment.
"I expect my life to be better, my hens would have multiplied and add to our source of income. We will be having more sources of livelihood apart from farming. Thus improved living standard for my family."
Tapenensi's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Tapenensi enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i am facing is the way my family sleeps. When it rains we live in fear thinking that our house my fall any time because it is too old."
Margaret's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Margaret enrolled.
"Receiving this money from Give Directly means a lot for my family. I have been asking my husband to buy us land such that we can leave the parent's land and we also have our own land such that we can have enough space for agriculture and raising our children. Which will be possible when we get these transfers."
Lovisa's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Lovisa enrolled.
"Raising my family of eight children as a single mother since my husband died only depending on farming on our small land has been my biggest hardship in life."
Millicent's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Millicent received a $23 fourth payment.
"I am planning to build a nice kitchen for my family."
Sunan's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Sunan received a $454 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I nolonger have worries and financial constraints because I have money that I use sparingly. Where as in the past I could not afford some basic needs because I did not have any money."
Joab's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Joab received a $23 fifth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the event that I get a new job that will be able to sustain me for me a long time. I also expect to get a lady to marry since I now have cash that will be able to sustain the two of us."
Dickson's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Dickson received a $23 fifth payment.
"I thank Give Directly because I expect to be living a better life, put on decent clothes and above all my family will be much healthier."