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.
Joyce's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Joyce received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different in that I'm relieved from frequent repair of the house since I managed to plaster the floor of my house. Again I no longer buy kerosene for light provision because I have electric power. Without GD, I couldn't have done all these."
Mary's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Mary received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different in that, I now live in a plastered house and also have my own bathroom and no longer bathe by the river side. Thank you GD."
Linda's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Linda received a $468 third payment.
"If sending this money would have been delegated to a second party, I am afraid we would have missed it and therefore Give Directly does well by sending us money itself, however, it could consider adding more money since 1000 Us dollar couldn't enable us complete all the projects we had started though we have met a number of them."
Ester's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Ester received a $485 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on constructing a very big house. For years I have suffered from lack of proper housing that had led to a lot of shame and disrespect from my fellow villagers. They had turned me their laughing stock and never thought I could acquire a good house. On receiving this transfer, I opted to construct such a big a house and proved to those who laughed at me that poverty was not a permanent state."
Eunice's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Eunice received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I have acquired a better house where we live more comfortably without relying on financial institutions for loans. I live a debt-free kind of life and I can equate this to peaceful state of mind I have acquired since then."
Leonora's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Leonora 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 decent house hence I no longer worry that my house would fall."
Christine's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Christine received a $468 third payment.
"Give directly has done a good job by giving us the money the way it was promised without any deductions."
Kenedy's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Kenedy received a $468 third payment.
"life is good I'm able to afford thing which I wasn't able to afford,and with my business I'm providing for my family."
Cynthia's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Cynthia received a $468 third payment.
"I spent most of the third transfer plaster and paint my house since it has been my dream of staying in a nice plastered house. l also spent the remaining balance to pay school fee for two children who are in secondary school."
Christopher's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Christopher received a $468 third payment.
"GiveDirectly brought alot of development in our community through cash transfers and it increased self employment as recipients started their own businesses. I have not see anything they did not do well."