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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almost 8 years ago
Millicent
received a $468 third payment.
"I used 43,000 KES to built my son an iron roofed house. I also paid my son in high school fee."
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almost 8 years ago
Ruth
received a $486 third payment.
"My life is different in that, I am no longer stressed about loan repayment because I managed to repay the loan. I would not have managed to pay the loan without the transfer, thank you GD"
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almost 8 years ago
Caroline
received a $468 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on finishing the payment of a land I was buying at 44,000 KES, then bought four iron sheets with the rest of the money."
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almost 8 years ago
Ruth
received a $467 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on boosting my business which is currently doing well, bought food for the family consumption and paid school fees for my children. I also fixed steel windows and doors and purchased twenty pieces of cement hoping to plaster my house. "
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almost 8 years ago
Mollyne
received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different in that, I now have a big house and electricity which has relieved me burden "
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almost 8 years ago
Killion
received a $486 third payment.
"I used a portion of the transfer to settle my collage fee. I ues a portion of the transfer to repair my house because it was in bad state. Besides, I spent the rest of the transfer on family foodstuffs."
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almost 8 years ago
Rose
received a $97 initial payment.
"The moment when i received this money i was really happy for at first i thought it was all jokes."
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almost 8 years ago
Jared
received a $468 third payment.
"In my opinion,GD has improved many lives in our village with the unconditional cash transfer."
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almost 8 years ago
Grace
received a $486 third payment.
"In my opinion, what GiveDirectly did well was giving a lumpsum amount of money to the recipients and they were able to venture into big projects like purchasing huge water tanks."
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almost 8 years ago
Willys
received a $468 third payment.
"What GD does well is that it is determined in changing lives of the poor in the community. For now I haven't observed what GD doesn't do well."
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