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
Esther
received a $482 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am happly living in a decent spacious two roomed house in my own homestead since I managed to buy my own land hence I no longer stay in a small one roomed house in my parent's -in laws homestead. I have also started a small grocery business hence I am more self- employed as opposed to before the transfer when was just a housewife."
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over 7 years ago
Beatrice
received a $482 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is ,I am safe and stress-free since living in a decent plastered and now I no longer get exposed to cold which could predispose my children to different disease while living in a mud house.I have also acquired a goat which I didn't have before hence I believe it will reproduce and that means addition to my herd of small livestock."
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over 7 years ago
Jahanes
received a $482 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily is that I now have all the building materials which I need to build my house and also I manged to pay school fees for my child. Thank you GD for the transfer"
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over 7 years ago
Pamela
received a $482 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I renovated my house from mud to plastered something which I never thought could happen to me and am very grateful and thank full to GD for the transfer."
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over 7 years ago
Pamela
received a $482 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to build a decent three roomed house which accommodates my family members comfortably which I never knew I could stay in hence living in a small squeezed house with rusty roof and weak foundation has seized to be a problem.Thanks to GiveDirectly."
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over 7 years ago
Hellen
received a $482 second payment.
"Educating my daughter in a university has not been an easy task but I am glad that since I received my second transfer, sustaining her education has become easier and I have been enjoying the relief."
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over 7 years ago
Pamela
received a $482 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I'm relieved from the stress of searching for my son school fee since I manged to pay most of his fee. Besides, my family adorn smart clothes which I purchased with my first transfer."
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over 7 years ago
Sarah
received a $482 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life that I now have a reliables source of income from my hotel business. I was only running some some shop which wasn't enough for my family and had to toil a lot just to put food on the table."
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over 7 years ago
Jackline
received a $482 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have good fishing ropes which has increased our income because my spouse can catch sizable fish for sell than before when he did not have the ropes."
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over 7 years ago
Milka
received a $482 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am hopeful of plastering my house since I have already bought the necessary building materials to necessitate this project and I believe through this I will be able to overcome the challenges of living in a mud house such as water leaking in my house mainly on rainy seasons and frequent expenses of smearing the mud house for maintenance purposes."
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