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
Maliza
received a $401 third payment.
"My life is different because my family and i now have better meals than ever"
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almost 8 years ago
Jane
received a $401 third payment.
"I used my third transfer to build a house for my self as i was sleeping in my father's house"
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almost 8 years ago
Herma
received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I managed to start up my own saloon business hence earning a living out of it and I no longer stay in my co-wife's house because I built my own using the second transfer."
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almost 8 years ago
Ronald
received a $401 third payment.
"My life has changed because i now have daily income that makes life easy"
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almost 8 years ago
Irenea
received a $468 third payment.
"l spent most of the third transfer to dig and build a pit latrine to improve the level of hygiene in our village. I also spent the transfer to build a kitchen for my children to have a place where they can spent their night."
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almost 8 years ago
Elizabeth
received a $468 third payment.
"My life has greatly changed with the transfers received from GiveDirectly. I no longer suffer from hunger as I did before."
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almost 8 years ago
Peter
received a $468 third payment.
"In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well by giving money directly which is non- refundable hence the households which received the money have done big projects with their transfers such as building decent houses. "
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almost 8 years ago
Grace
received a $468 third payment.
"Give Directly promised us money and we received it and therefore what it does well is honesty. However, I feel that it never engaged us enough as the community members and this is why most of us failed to participate in the program."
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almost 8 years ago
Mary
received a $468 third payment.
"My life is very different since I have all the household items I have been lacking (seats, bed, mattress, clothes etc). I am also living unders a safe roof that is free from rains compared to my previous rusted and leaking roof.Thanks to those who came up with the idea of helping us."
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almost 8 years ago
Stevin
received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I managed to build my own house hence no longer stay in my brother's house which previously made most of the village members to look down upon me."
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