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
Milicent
received a $97 initial payment.
"I felt so relieved and healed when I received my transfer which came at a time when I felt so sick but lacked money for medication."
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almost 8 years ago
Epharaim
received a $468 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on purchasing more utensils in my house and bought school uniforms for my children. I also bought seats since the previous ones were old and used the larger percentage of the amount on finishing the construction work of my new house started using the second transfer."
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almost 8 years ago
Ayub
received a $485 third payment.
"My life is different in that I'm now pursuing my diploma education which I couldn't have undertaken without GD support. Besides, I have a reliable source of income from the business I commenced."
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almost 8 years ago
Vonface
received a $468 third payment.
"I spent all of my third transfer to pay my college fees as well as my nieces."
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almost 8 years ago
Rosemary
received a $97 initial payment.
"I felt so good when I received my transfer which I expected to relieve me from the daily struggles of looking for food and school fees for my children"
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almost 8 years ago
Lilian
received a $97 initial payment.
"I felt so happy when I received my transfer which to me came at the right time when I seriously needed money to cultivate early enough before the rains stopped."
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almost 8 years ago
Samuel
received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I now have a very spacious house that makes me proud, unlike before when I used to have a single room."
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almost 8 years ago
Hellen
received a $468 third payment.
"In my opinion,GD did well in involving us in every transfer up to the last one. "
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almost 8 years ago
Emilly
received a $468 third payment.
"In my opinion, what GiveDirectly did well was sending the money to an individual person without involving people like the chiefs."
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almost 8 years ago
Dorine
received a $468 third payment.
"I used a portion of the transfer to buy a sheep and a goat. I'm still having the rest of the cash which I'm planning to use in building a rental house."
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