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
Bitris
received a $23 second payment.
"I expect to have plastered my house in the next six months. It's in a bad condition which does not give me peace at all."
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almost 7 years ago
Margaret
received a $495 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying two goats and a she -cow. I also plastered the external walls of my house hence I no longer worry of smearing my previous mud house which was expensive and time consuming."
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almost 7 years ago
Denish
received a $477 third payment.
"I spent my entire third transfer on starting a barber shop and a retail beverage vending business , I can say my life is more confortable since I doubled my household income and the profits I get assist me to meet most of my needs."
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almost 7 years ago
Loyce
received a $471 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that i now feed well and agriculture is easy for me because i have money. I am also excited to sleep in the iron roofed house once construction is done."
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almost 7 years ago
Silver
received a $471 initial payment.
"The moment i received the transfer i got the strength and felt too much happiness. The tranfer came at a right when i was planing to get a loan to pay school fees for my children."
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almost 7 years ago
Jesca
received a $471 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my mind is relaxed and am hopeful of constructing an iron roofed house which will save me from looking for grass thatch."
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almost 7 years ago
Betty
received a $471 initial payment.
"The moment i received money i felt relieved and happy."
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almost 7 years ago
Loice
received a $474 third payment.
"l spent most of my third transfer to build iron roofed house since l was staying in a thatched leaky house, where was always worried during rainy session. The remaining balance l spent to buy furniture since l did not have anything to sit on, l was only sitting on water container."
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almost 7 years ago
Joice
received a $474 third payment.
"I spent most of my last transfer to plaster my house as a memorial of Give Directly in future and also to staying in a nice house. The remaining balance l spent to buy one bag of maize for my consumption."
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almost 7 years ago
Roseline
received a $474 third payment.
"I spent most of my third transfer to plaster my house since l have been longing to staying in a nice plastered house like other people. The remaining balance l spent to pay school fee arrears for my sister who is in secondary school, after she was sent home for the arrears."
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