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
Eunice
received a $468 third payment.
"In my opinion, I think the village barazas enabled us know exactly what and how the organization operates. I think the project should go national so that the poverty levels in the country can be decreased."
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almost 8 years ago
Patricia
received a $468 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on completing constructing my house which I had started building with the second transfer by fixing a steel door with four steel windows and smeared it too .Now I am happy since I have spacious decent house which I have dreamt of in my whole life . I also bought a sofa set seat and a table ."
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almost 8 years ago
Catherine
received a $468 third payment.
"Were it not for the transfers, I would still be living the backward kind of life I lived before of using kerosene lamps in lighting, depending on 'rich' relatives for survival and believing that jobs are only available in towns. "
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almost 8 years ago
Philip
received a $468 third payment.
"In my own opinion, I believe that Give Directly offers a bigger amount of money but since this money takes a lot of steps to receive, I feel this is very daunting to us."
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almost 8 years ago
Peter
received a $468 third payment.
"GiveDirectly has done well in fully implementing their program by ensuring we all get our money unlike other corrupt and unreliable organizations who fails before delivering to the community."
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almost 8 years ago
Grace
received a $485 third payment.
"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on buying building materials such as bricks sand and cements since I am planning to build a permanent house as the house I am staying in is made of mud."
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almost 8 years ago
Lily
received a $468 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on paying school fee for my two daughters in form one and form four respectively. My community values a lot educating a girl child as they are perceived as sources of wealth in the future. I therefore opted to give their education a first priority before anything else. I know I have invested my money in as they promise me good returns at the end of their education."
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almost 8 years ago
Felix
received a $468 third payment.
"My life has greatly changed with the transfers from GiveDirectly since I no longer squat in my parents' kitchen for lack of a house. "
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almost 8 years ago
Gordon
received a $468 third payment.
"In my opinion Give Directly did well in using E-mpesa as a means of delivering transfer because it is more secured, it is not easy for someone to notice when you have received the transfer. I did not see what Give Directly did not do well."
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almost 8 years ago
Moses
received a $468 third payment.
"If I would not have received the money, I would still be living in a small house and also would not have bought livestock. Thank you GD."
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