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.
Esther's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Esther enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced is providing my family with better healthcare due to lack of money."
Veronica's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Veronica enrolled.
"I will be able to clear the fee arrears for my children and also start up a small business. "
Susan's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Susan enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced is lack of ox plough to do better farming for sustainability being that I am a farmer."
Veronica's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Veronica enrolled.
"When I receive this money, I will pay school fees for my child. I will also use part of the money to purchase farm equipment to enable me do better farming."
Rose's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to pay school fees for my children and if our customs and traditions allow me,then I will build myself a small house to stay in with my children since for the past four years i have been living in my parents house."
Morine's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Morine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we are faced with at the moment is not having a decent enough shelter to fit our large family of seven since it is very small.To make it worse, when it is raining like now,it also tends to leak a lot thus making our lives very miserable."
Caroline's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Caroline enrolled.
"Getting food has become a problem due to high inflation rate. "
Scolar's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Scolar enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we are facing at the moment is not having a stable source of income to enable us cope with the high standards of living more so purchasing essentials like food in order to feed ourselves being that our farms didn't yield any harvest from the last planting season."
Edith's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Edith received a $401 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the the transfer in a way that my home no longer has to worry about darkness at night and I also get income from the animal traction business during this season. I have found farming easy this season since ploughing land was a walk over."
Zeulance's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Zeulance received a $401 third payment.
"In my opinion, Give Directly does well to give free transfers to even old recipients. However, Give Directly does not do well to stop the transfers in a short time."