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.
Lucy's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Lucy received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that we can now plan and execute my goals since I have means of achieving them and this has really earned me a lot of respect in the community-I say and act on my goals-I am a woman of action. Before then I could plan and fail to implement since I never had means of achieving them."
Martha's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Martha received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is having a business which is doing well. In as much my money was stolen I thank God I have a souurce of income."
Joyce's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"Receiving this money means, my house will be complete, I will be able to buy a piece of land, and also food will be there."
Mercy's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Mercy received a $423 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer, I felt satisfied in one go. Imagine my family was almost going without food and I had no money to purchase any stuff. When I got the message and opened it, all the hunger disappeared and got re-energized."
Betty's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Betty enrolled.
"Receiving this money means solving some problems like school fees, setting up some income generating activity particularly agribusiness."
David's family
access_time over 7 years ago
David enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of school fees. Sometimes I had to leave school, get a loan of like 10,000, buy sugar cane and sell in order to get some money to cater for school fees. I even ended up dropping out of school because I could not help."
Grace's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Grace received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that currently, I live with a more hopes. Give Directly has revived hope in my life. This is because, I have been living in a leaky house, languishing in cold having little hopes of moving out of the situation but since Give Directly sent me money and acquired building materials, I have been rest assured of having a new house."
Stephen's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Stephen enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of money to complete my house and buy household items for it."
Solomon's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Solomon enrolled.
"Receiving this money means a great change towards increasing my households income"
Loy's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Loy enrolled.
"My biggest hardship i faced in life is failure to continue with education due to lack of school fees and education materials"