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.
Purity's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Purity received a $97 initial payment.
"I felt very happy because I was able to provide food for my family. "
Caroline's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Caroline received a $97 initial payment.
"The moment when I received my money I felt so happy because at that time there was famine and food was so expensive so finally I knew I would be able to afford food for my family."
Mercy's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Mercy received a $97 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy and jumped a little bit. In fact I received the transfer when completely frustrated, I didn't have flour in my house and was wondering how to handle the situation. "
Maurice's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Maurice received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that am very happy because very soon, I will move into an iron roofed house which will not leak like the one am currently living in. Thank you GD for the transfer"
Millicent's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Millicent received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily is that I now have my own oxen so I can till my own farms without paying money for someone to do the tilling for me. Am also just generally happy with all the development I've hard within this short period of time. Thanks to GiveDirectly."
Susan's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Susan received a $97 initial payment.
"The moment when I received my money I felt so happy, jumped up and down, put on clean clothes and immediately went to the market to withdraw the money and later bought food because we had nothing to have for our supper on that day. I also knew finally I was taking my child who had been sent for school fee back to school."
Alice's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Alice received a $484 second payment.
"My husband died over 30 years ago in 1986 and left me in a grass thatched house that has been leaking for all those years and it was almost falling on me when GiveDirectly came to my rescue, I now have a very stable, decent and spacious iron roofed house that accommodate me well with my children. This is the biggest difference that I've had in my day-to-day life. Thank you GiveDirectly."
Rose's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Rose received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l am now sure that l am soon having my own home where l am free to do my development without any restriction."
Jane's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Jane received a $97 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy and told the God I'm serving to see GD live long."
Helida's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Helida received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest differences in my daily life are I have managed to cement my house from a mud one into a semi-permanent house and now I no longer incur frequent expenses which I used to mostly on raining seasons as the walls of the mud house could be destroyed leaving it in unaesthetic state.My children have decent clothes as they no longer put on torn rusty clothes which lead to low esteem and exclusion while playing with their age-mates. "