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.
Alice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Alice received a $23 initial payment.
"In the next six months I expect my life to change in that I am creating an Emergency Fund,in which I will be depositing 200 KES monthly to cater for occurrences such as illnesses, since normally illnesses come unexpectedly and without money people go through a lot of suffering.This fund will serve as a fallback for my family during emergencies."
Mike's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Mike received a $23 initial payment.
"I have a target of starting a large scale farming that will get me money when i reap a high yield of produce."
Eunice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Eunice received a $23 initial payment.
"My new goal is to plaster the family house."
Alice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Alice received a $23 initial payment.
"I think if it were not transfers from Give Directly, I would have been jobless now, but this is not the case-I run a shop that enables me glean some little earnings. This has enabled me to enroll my 2 children in a better school that will improve their performance too."
Faridah's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Faridah received a $23 second payment.
"My new goals in life is to buy a piece of land which I intend to settle on. Currently, I am living at home with my parents. I think I will be comfortable more if I settle on my piece of land."
Mercy's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Mercy received a $23 second payment.
"I am planning to lease a farm that i will plant cash crops that will help me when i harvest and later sell to get money."
Leonard's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Leonard received a $23 second payment.
"Since i received the transfer,I am able to sell a high volume of products because the transfer helped me to buy more stock."
Judith's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Judith received a $23 initial payment.
"In the next six months,I expect my life to change with my house in the process of plastering. I hope that by then I shall have started buying the building materials for same."
Roseline's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Roseline received a $23 initial payment.
"I expect to plaster my latrine in the next six months so that I can have a hygenic latrine."
Robert's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Robert received a $23 second payment.
"I expect to have build a house in the next six months and start poultry farming."