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.
James's family
access_time 7 years ago
James received a $474 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that am now sleeping in a iron roofed house and the burden of looking for thach for roofing my hut is over."
Jesca's family
access_time 7 years ago
Jesca received a $474 initial payment.
"My first transfer has come with a lot of happiness to the family since we now own a cow that we intend to keep for milk production for household consumption and the solar is providing light that we did not have before, my children can now do some academic revision while at home and I want to send my appreciation to Give Directly."
Jesska's family
access_time 7 years ago
Jesska received a $465 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on a solar panel and a goat. My children had been getting it hectic doing their homework and revising for examination especially at night being that they are day scholars and therefore I found it prudent to spend on the lighting system that has not only given them room to study but also enabled us to cut fuel cost-lighting with solar has been cheaper than with paraffin."
Hellen's family
access_time 7 years ago
Hellen received a $474 initial payment.
"The moment I recieved my money, I felt very excited, happy and relieved getting it because I knew most of my issues were going to be solved."
Benta's family
access_time 7 years ago
Benta received a $465 third payment.
"I have been tilling my lands by hand which was very tiresome and when I received the third transfer, the first thing I bought were two bulls which would ease for me the burden of tilling my lands and reduce the human labor and the remaining amount, I spent on ten bags of cement, which I have used to renovate my house from mud to plastered"
Margaret's family
access_time 7 years ago
Margaret received a $465 third payment.
"Initially, I lived in a dusty house-one with walls and floor made of mud so when I received my third transfer, I decided to plaster the house with sand and cement and as we talk, I live in a cemented house with little dust and I consider it healthier to our lives."
Alex's family
access_time 7 years ago
Alex received a $474 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I now have less problems and limited debts. This has given me a great peace of mind unlike before when I didn't even know what's coming next ."
Janet's family
access_time 7 years ago
Janet received a $620 second payment.
"My life is different from the way it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I'm sure by now I wouldn't be having hopes of building my home. This is because my income couldn't allow me to buy the necessary materials which I have already bought."
Evaline's family
access_time 7 years ago
Evaline received a $485 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building materials which I have used to build to build a new house because I was living in a very small house which was very uncomfortable. I paid laborers who were building my house and the remaining amount, I spent on other households which I lacked. I thank GD for changing my life and that of other recipients."
Stella's family
access_time 7 years ago
Stella received a $473 initial payment.
"I felt so happy that day when I received the money. I felt so relieved and stress free because my problems were now solved. "