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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7 years ago
Doreen
received a $467 third payment.
"I spent most of my third transfer on constructing a new iron roofed house to replace the grass thatched one that I had before. I am happy that with the new house I am no longer rained on. Besides the house, I opened some fish business that I am currently operating. This was a business that I saw most business women prosper in but I had no means of starting my own, I was left admiring from a distance. I was therefore so privileged with the transfer which enabled me open my own business. I greatly thank Give Directly."
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7 years ago
Judith
received a $467 third payment.
"I spent a portion of my third transfer on additional building materials which I used to construct a very spacious house to replace the tiny and temporary house that I had before. I count myself very lucky for having received the transfers because I currently own the one of the best houses in the entire village. I no longer feel ashamed with visitors who could previously complain of the small size of my house which gave no room for even a turn around. I am more happier today that the same visitors call me severally for a visit at my place which has turned out to be very comfortable."
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7 years ago
Tabitha
received a $484 third payment.
"I spent most of my third transfer on plastering the house that I had constructed using my previous transfers. I am so glad that at the moment I stay in a very beautiful house that everyone admire in the entire village. I no longer squeeze myself in the house as was the case before. Secondly, I cleared school fee arrears for my son in secondary school. He had accumulated a lot which could not allow him stay fully in school."
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7 years ago
Pamela
received a $467 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying steel doors and glass windows and doors that I have since fitted in my house. My old house used to have wooden doors and windows. The remaining I spent on buying food for my family consumes. I am grateful for the money."
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7 years ago
Joyce
received a $474 initial payment.
"Our daily life is much better than it was before, we now eat good meals and we sleep comfortably. Our children can now go to school because we are able to pay for their school fees."
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7 years ago
John
received a $467 third payment.
"I used my last transfer to install electricity in my house to help me with lighting and charging my phone, I also fitted windows and doors after building my house with the second transfer I built a house because I used to live in my brothers house but now I have my own home I also bought sand a lorry to plaster the floor"
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7 years ago
John
received a $464 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying a cow for ploughing given that I am a farmer. I also built a house where my children could sleep from. They used to sleep from my father's house which was not good. I thank GiveDirectly for the money."
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7 years ago
John
received a $464 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for my son in secondary school. I am happy I was able to pay the whole year's school fees. I used to pay the fees in bits, but this time I paid for the whole year at once in lump sum. The remaining I spent on buying corn for my family consumes. I am still feeding on the corn update. I pray that GiveDirectly helps the other needy people like me."
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7 years ago
Geofrey
received a $474 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I now also have money at hand un like before when I didn't even have a cointo my name. I am able to off set any small financial issues like daily feeding of my family"
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7 years ago
Ayub
received a $464 third payment.
"I am a farmer, so I spent most of my third transfer on buying some bulls for ploughing. I will use them during the ploughing seasons. I also paid school fees for my children in primary school."
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