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.
Edward's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Edward enrolled.
"The greatest achievement that am proudest of is my house.It is the only thing I have to show for the many years that I have worked with Survey Department in Kisumu."
Armstrong's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Armstrong enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is financial constraints due to lack of a stable job.Sometimes am forced to take loans but again after deductions,whatever remains is so little to sustain the family."
Samuel's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Samuel enrolled.
"The achievement that am proudest of is having used my meager resources from casual labour to register for driving course and completed successfully."
Jared's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Jared enrolled.
"The achievement that am proudest of is having my own home.Am the first amongst my siblings to have his own home and that am so proud of more so being the last born."
David's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
David enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I am a form four leaver despite the challenges I experienced on paying school fees. "
Betty's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Betty received a $23 initial payment.
"If I would have never received transfers from Give Directly, I would have not been running a savings account that would cushion my life in hard times."
Catherina's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Catherina received a $5 initial payment.
"My new goals currently includes the following: I now want to plaster my house and do other major repairs of my house. I also want to build a new house for my son Ben."
Pamela's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Pamela received a $5 initial payment.
"My new goal is to complete finishing my house that had stalled for lack of money.It had to wait given that I have a son who I had to pay for his fees then and until now."
George's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
George received a $23 second payment.
"My new goal is to build a house because I still sleep in the kitchen and this is very embarassing as an adult who should be staying in his own place."
Eunice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Eunice received a $475 third payment.
"Who would have ever thought I would have a such living standard ?, I used to be the laughing stack in my village who stayed in a grassed thatched leaky house and not any since I spent my third transfer on the completion of constructing my decent house which I had started its construction with the second transfer .I also bought a sheep which has already reproduced."