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.
Pamela's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Pamela received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now having a kitchen and I cook more conveniently as opposed to before. I prepare meals in a good sanitation as opposed to before when I used to cook in the open full of dust and scorching sun."
Phoebe's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Phoebe received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I feel more self-empowered and developed since I have managed to build a spacious decent house which I have been longing for in a long time that accommodates my family members comfortably since before the transfer I was staying in stay in an unstable house on a rocky hill which was almost collapsing and the roof had already been blown away by wind earlier."
George's family
access_time over 7 years ago
George received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is having paid dowry. I now feel as areal man. Our business too is doing good thus good source of income."
Janet's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Janet received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in daily life is that I now have a steady flow of income from the fish I sell because I was able to buy new fishing nets for my fishing business."
Rose's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Rose received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I feel very happy and independent because my husband and I moved into our own home.It was not the same when we lived in my father in law's home, we would feel somehow oppressed."
Mornica's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Mornica received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I feel content and happy because all the things I have wished for I was able to buy using the transfer."
Edwin's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Edwin received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I never imagined in my life that I would ever have a spacious house due to my extreme poverty , but because of GD I have achieved this. In addition , my son used to be depressed because his tiny house leaked whenever it rained, but of late he has a lot of joy since I build a new house for him. God bless you GD for making these things possible in our lives."
Elizabeth's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Elizabeth received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed build a permanent toilet in my household since previously I had a weak semi-permanent toilet which eventually collapsed rendering my family and I to practice open defecation which was unhygienic practice that could predispose us on fecal-oral diesease. I have also completed paying my child's school fees arrears with the first transfer and now I am happy seeing her go to school with ease as opposed to before when she would be sent home on several occasions due to school fees arrears."
George's family
access_time over 7 years ago
George received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I live more peacefully. This is after clearing school fees for my children in a secondary school, which was really giving me a lot of stress before then- I never had money to sustain their education and therefore I am sincerely grateful to Give Directly for their intervention."
Ezekiel's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Ezekiel received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to acquire bulls, which will facilitate me prepare larger piece of land and grow more crops to get enough food. It happens that my wife and I are raising 12 children and producing enough to feed them has always been an uphill task. Thank you GD for supporting us in making food production more efficient, since in my view, once I get sufficient food at family level, other things will work out."