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
Caroline
received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am happy seeing my children go to school without school fees arrears and now they are not sent home for school fees arrears as they used to.I sank a toilet in my homestead which I couldn't construct earlier due to lack of money forcing me to use my mother in-law's toilet which was far."
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over 7 years ago
Consoleta
received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that the same people who despised my family because of our extreme poverty and our living in a small and leaking grass-thatched house, are the same people who today are treating us with respect on the basis of our new and spacious semi-permanent house. Thank you very much."
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over 7 years ago
Josephine
received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that am now hopeful of getting a job with county government because I now have my certificate that has enabled me to apply for jobs. I also have a sense of belonging with my husband now that am legally married after fulfilling marriage traditions of paying dowry."
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over 7 years ago
Jenipher
received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that through Give Directly, I have managed to construct a new house-one which is water proof and therefore we enjoy the warmth and comfort even during heavy rains. In my former house, life was hard especially during rainy season, the roof was terribly leaky and the whole house could be rendered cold."
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over 7 years ago
Lucia
received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have a stable house that doesn't worry me like the previous one that was about to fall."
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over 7 years ago
Nancy
received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have my own motorcycle which my husband uses as a boda-boda to ferry people hence bringing good income which enables us to make some daily savings, unlike before when he used to hire someone else's motorcycle then pay at the end of everyday."
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over 7 years ago
Patricia
received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the relief I have found from the medical services my son managed to get that I must say really saved him, otherwise he would have died."
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over 7 years ago
Esther
received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is having cows. In future after they have given birth I'll be getting milk both for sale and family consumption."
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over 7 years ago
Evaline
received a $483 second payment.
"We used our second transfer to pay my own dowry since this is something that was overdue according to Luo culture and traditions-It closed even for us door of development-we couldn't build and move to our own home. But since it was paid, the doors open to us, love and happiness increased and we built and moved to our own home where we currently live more comfortably."
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over 7 years ago
Caroline
received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that am now very very hopeful of having a very decent house that I would never have had were it no t for GiveDirectly."
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