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
Milka
received a $469 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been without cash transfers in that currently, I live in a better house and my children are equally getting better education courtesy of Give Directly."
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almost 8 years ago
Lilian
received a $468 third payment.
"Give direct has enabled me own things i never thought i would be able to own."
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almost 8 years ago
Carren
received a $469 third payment.
"My life is different in that, I now live in a bigger house as compared to the one I was living in before and it is also plastered. I no longer have to worry about rains because my new house is not leaking. Thank you GD."
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almost 8 years ago
Peter
received a $486 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on paying 10,000 KES school fee for my daughter in high school, am still having 40,000 KES in my Mpesa account which I'll use to complete paying a piec of land which I had started paying for."
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almost 8 years ago
Jared
received a $486 third payment.
"My life is different in that, I managed for the first time to cultivate all my lands which I could not cultivate before using tractor and also paid school fees for my children without too much stress. Thank you GD."
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almost 8 years ago
Gerson
received a $469 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building a bigger and more spacious house considering the big family that I have. I then put some of the money on building a fishing boat which I am currently using for fishing as an income generating activity. I then spent the rest on buying two sacks of corn to help me feed my family during this drought season."
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almost 8 years ago
Henry
received a $469 third payment.
"When I received my third transfer, I spent it on an acre piece of land. I have children but I never had a place for them to live and this was giving me a sleepless night. Thanks to Give Directly for the rescue."
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almost 8 years ago
Rose
received a $469 third payment.
"In my opinion, Give Directly has worked to its perfection. I love the fact that Give Directly recognizes peoples' different needs and preferences that has resulted into a wholesome development in the villages of operation."
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almost 8 years ago
Pheobe
received a $469 third payment.
"The moment I received my third transfer, I cleared school fees arrears for my 2 children in a secondary school using the whole of it. I feel like denying a child education is like violating his/ her right."
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almost 8 years ago
Julius
received a $469 third payment.
"In my opinion I like the fact that the money was not sent via a third party but directly to us. I do not see anything that needs improving except that the organization maintains their level of operation."
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