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.
Moses's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Moses received a $23 initial payment.
"I do not know whether my life will change in the next six months or not. I will only be able to give a comprehensive feedback by then."
Joice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Joice received a $23 initial payment.
"My life is currently different in that I can hope for income every month"
Fanice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Fanice received a $23 initial payment.
"I expect my life to change because I will be able to buy new iron sheets and have a new roofing at the end of the six months."
Mourice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Mourice received a $23 initial payment.
"In the next six months I expect my life to change in the sense that my wife and I have purposed to be jointly saving an amount regularly for the purpose of educating our children."
Margaret's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Margaret received a $5 initial payment.
"I expect my life to change because I will change my roofing and have new roofing at the end of the six months."
Pauline's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Pauline received a $474 third payment.
"I spent most of my third transfer to plaster my house since it is a big house and repairing it every now and then was not easy. I also spent the transfer to buy 2 sheep for my future use, where by l will sell them and use the money to pay school fee for my children."
Jane's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Jane received a $474 third payment.
"I spent most of my third transfer to pay school fee arrears for my two children who are in secondary school after they were sent home for school fee arrears. The remaining balance l spent to buy one bag of maize for consumption."
Sharon's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Sharon received a $99 initial payment.
"The moment l received the money l was very happy that l prayed thanking God for his blessing through Give Directly, since l have never received such a larger a mount in my life."
Meshack's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Meshack received a $474 third payment.
"I spent the whole of my third transfer to buy second hand motorcycle as my source of income, since l am using it to carry people from one place to another and get my daily income."
Syprose's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Syprose received a $23 initial payment.
"I expect to have a tree plantation in the next six months which I can sell in future to the people who wants to build to earn income."