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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over 7 years ago
Lilian
received a $481 second payment.
"My life has really improved and I am happy because I managed to get most of the things I needed but I couldn't afford. This is the biggest difference in my daily life."
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over 7 years ago
Joyce
received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the joy and happiness I have knowing that I'll soon have a big descent house which is already under construction."
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over 7 years ago
Eunice
received a $481 second payment.
"Having a spacious house to spend time with my children freely is the biggest gift that GiveDirectly has given unto me and I am happy living in a iron roofed house as opposed before the transfer was sent when I was staying in a leaky grassed thatched which gave us sleepless nights majorly when it rained as we had to move the bedding from one corner to another to avoid them being soaked up."
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over 7 years ago
Teresa
received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is helping out my son in paying dowry. This has given so much peace and I'm happy about it."
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over 7 years ago
Rose
received a $481 second payment.
"I have been staying in a one room grass thatch house that was leaking but now I have a three room iron roof house. My children now have a place to sleep on without going to sleep in neighbors houses. This makes me so proud and peaceful."
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over 7 years ago
Jane
received a $481 second payment.
"My life has improved and I feel at peace because my house which was almost falling is now descent and people can recognize it from far."
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over 7 years ago
Elizabeth
received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to buy the necessary building materials to necessitated the accomplishment of putting up my homestead as the customary law states despite the fact that my husband died without putting one for me due to lack of money, at the moment I am staying in a rental house since the house I used to stay in collapsed accidentally rendering me homeless.Thanks to GiveDirectly what they have done to me is unforgettable."
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over 7 years ago
Evaline
received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in our lives is that we have added income from motor cycle transportation business, on a bad day we get 700 KES and on a good day we get 2,000 KES ,from which we are able to finance our vegetable -farming venture. Thank you GD for financial support."
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over 7 years ago
Linet
received a $481 second payment.
"Th biggest difference in our lives is that we have always had low finances and cooked our food from outside,but now we have a kitchen and our older children will use it as sleeping quarters at night. Again, we never had our our own latrine and borrowed my mother-in -law's but soon we are having one, thank you GD."
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over 7 years ago
Mary
received a $481 second payment.
"My life has really improved and we now have peace in our house. Previously I used to complain to my house about our poor house but he could get offended because he couldn't afford. Now we are at peace because we are soon building our house. This is the biggest difference in my daily life."
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