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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almost 7 years ago
Daniel
received a $5 initial payment.
"My new goal is to buy iron sheets to build a new house as i have a thatched house."
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almost 7 years ago
Mathew
received a $23 initial payment.
"In the next six months I expect my life to change in that I am saving to plaster the floor of our house, and which will change from mud floor to cemented floor.This way we will be healthier."
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almost 7 years ago
Javan
received a $5 initial payment.
"I expect to have a better life. I will be able to feed my family consistently with ease this has been a headache to me. My family will be able to address neatly and probably I will also will be moving forward with my homestead project that will see my family have a homestead."
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almost 7 years ago
Annah
received a $23 second payment.
"The difference in my daily life are planting using fertilizer and hybrid seeds and we are eating well."
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almost 7 years ago
Tabitha
received a $474 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building a decent three roomed house which is spacious and comfortable , I can say I retrieve my joy from this house as it has redefined me and made me be in a living standard which I never expected to be . Thanks to GiveDirectly."
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almost 7 years ago
Pamela
received a $474 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying an ox for cultivating my farm and now I no longer practice labour exchange nor hand cultivation which was time consuming which made me get little yeilds . Part of the transfer I paid school fees for my two children who were in high school ."
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almost 7 years ago
Tobias
received a $474 third payment.
"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on building a decent three house which I never knew I could stay in since I used to stay in a small house that coldn't accomodate my family members confortably . I aIso bought a she - calf with the remaining transfer ."
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almost 7 years ago
Everline
received a $477 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on plastering the floor of my house and the external wall of my house and now I no longer have to spend alot of money in search of mud to smear my previous mud house. I also paid school fees for my child who is in high school and bought a sack of maize for my family's consumption."
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almost 7 years ago
Vicoty
received a $477 third payment.
"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on building a two roomed house which is spacious enough to fit my family members as opposed to my previous house which was small of which when I had visitors one could accidentally step on the others feet. I also paid deposit for the electricity installation in my house ."
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almost 7 years ago
Victor
received a $477 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building a toilet and now I no longer have to borrow a toilet from my father - in - laws homestead especially when I have visitors. The remaining transfer I plastering the floor of my house from a eatherned one ."
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