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.
Maurine's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Maurine enrolled.
""Lack of resources to buy food and educate children.""
Sakayo's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Sakayo received a $487 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a decent two roomed iron sheet house thus this situation gives me joy since I no longer stay in a leaky grassed thatched house.I am so thankful to GiveDirectly."
James's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
James received a $487 second payment.
"The biggest differences in my daily life which I can mention is that my three children are going to school fees with no school fees arrears and this has enhance peace between my spouse and I in our home.I have also restarted my livestock vending business to get daily income. "
Elija's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Elija received a $487 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have partly bought a piece of land .I am happy and hopeful of achieving my long- term goal since at the moment I am staying in a waterlogged land and its hell of problems when it rains. "
Paul's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Paul received a $487 second payment.
"The biggest differences in my daily life is that I have a decent two roomed iron sheet house hence I no longer stay in a leaky grassed thatch house and through this great initiative I have achieved, I have been appreciated with my relatives and friends .I also have a calf which I am now rearing with the hope that it will grow into a dairy cow and I will get milk from it in the near future."
Beatrice's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Beatrice received a $487 second payment.
"The biggest differences in my daily life is that I have enough food to feed my family and I hence we no longer miss meals as we used to .I have also added capital on to my small hotel business hence my business has grown and its making double profits that is able to sustain my family and I.I am very thankful to GiveDirectly."
Violet's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Violet received a $487 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a dairy cow 25,000 KES and one goat 3,500 KES .I am so happy that I have my own livestock which I never knew I could have."
Andrew's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Andrew received a $487 second payment.
"The biggest differences in my daily life in that I have enrolled my child into a high school and she is going to school comfortably.I have also cultivated my two acre farm to plant maize hence I am assured of enough yields to sustain my family and sell some to get some income. "
Achila's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Achila received a $487 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a decent spacious three roomed house and now privacy is maintained making my family enjoy their stay in their new house as opposed to before the transfer when I used to stay in a small seized house."
Felix's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Felix received a $487 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l will no longer spent money to hire people to work on my farm since l now have my own cows and an ox plough. "