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
Siprosa
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is y house that I have done full repairs and now looks very fine."
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over 7 years ago
Benter
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have very nice spacious house. I no longer have to take my visitors to my neighbors houses to spend the night for lack of space.Thank you GiveDirectly. "
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over 7 years ago
Carren
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my am now having a spacious house that I've always desired to have in life but was not able due to financial problems."
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over 7 years ago
Dorothy
received a $97 initial payment.
"The moment l received the transfer l was very happy that l thank God and Give Directly the blessing."
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over 7 years ago
Mercy
received a $97 initial payment.
"When I received the money, I was very happy because I was not expecting to receive the money. I immediately knew that my life was going to change and I will be able to buy all that I lacked. Thank you GD for the transfer."
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over 7 years ago
Perez
received a $97 initial payment.
"I felt very happy, with high cost of living I was able to afford buying food for my family."
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over 7 years ago
Consolater
received a $97 initial payment.
"When I received the money, I was very happy because my life was going to change for the better as compared to the way it was before when it was all about struggling to make ends meet."
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over 7 years ago
Irine
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily is having electricity in my house. This has saved me from buying paraffin every time which was expensive. My children too gets easy time while doing their homework because they no longer share one lantern lamp thus no straining."
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over 7 years ago
Jane
received a $97 initial payment.
" I received my first transfer in the evening while resting in my house whereby a message popped in my phone and I was compelled to look at it .Upon reading it out and confirmed it was an Mpesa message verifying to me that I had receive money from GiveDirectly,I felt very happy and the first person I told was my husband who welcomed the information joyfully."
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over 7 years ago
Lonah
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I and y family are healthier because we feed well since we can now afford to buy food."
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