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
Leonard
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I can stop worrying if my in laws will recall my spouse back to their home. I have not paid her dowry therefore ,according to our culture, she can be ordered to return home anytime but now I will be able to use part of the money to pay dowry and ensure that she stays here with me. "
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over 7 years ago
Felix
received a $466 third payment.
"In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done well in ensuring that secrecy is maintained to a level that even the recipients themselves are not in a position to know of the status of fellow recipients."
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over 7 years ago
Esther
received a $466 third payment.
"I spent 40000 KES of my third transfer on both renovating and cementing my house. I bought a bag of maize at 5200 KES and spent the rest of the money on buying food."
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over 7 years ago
Charles
received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my entire third transfer transfer to buy a motorcycle which I use in transportation business."
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over 7 years ago
Margaret
received a $466 third payment.
"In my opinion, Gd does well by giving cash to recipients and letting them decide on what to use it on without any restrictions."
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over 7 years ago
Irine
received a $463 third payment.
"My life has changed than it would have been if I never received any transfer since with the transfer, I have acquired a spacious house that I least expected."
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over 7 years ago
Fredrick
received a $463 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never have received the transfer in that I am happly living in a decent three -roomed house in my own homestead hence I no longer stay in a rental house as I used to before the transfer which had various challenges such as arguing with my landlord due to late payments and paying monthly rent was expensive because of several responsibilities had at hand."
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over 7 years ago
Thomas
enrolled.
"With the casual job I do as a mechanic,there is no market because economy has gone up ."
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over 7 years ago
Benter
received a $463 third payment.
"My life has changed than it would have been if I never received any transfer since my house which had taken me 5 years to collect its materials, was finally built within a span of one month. I am so proud of that for I could have not achieved it."
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over 7 years ago
Elizabeth
received a $466 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on boosting my shop business which was very unstable by then. I am so proud that it can generate more income than it could before. I also paid school fee for my son who was a waiting for his final examination. Am so glad and hopeful that my son will complete his secondary school without any school fee arrears."
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