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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8 years ago
Nuru
received a $113 initial payment.
"The moment when i received the money was so joyious and life normalized because I knew I woukd be taken to hospital for the sickness I had."
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8 years ago
Paul
received a $465 third payment.
"What Give Directly does well is that they fulfill their promises, unlike other programs that never fulfill any of their promises; I haven't seen anything that Give Directly hasn't done well."
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8 years ago
Agnes
received a $465 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, right now I have my own goat that I can sell incase of any emergency and have a strong door unlike before where I had a wooden door which was weak."
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8 years ago
Sherifa
received a $465 third payment.
"GD did well in improving the lives of the people in this village, we have good houses and our children are attending school well."
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8 years ago
Roseline
received a $465 third payment.
"Give Directly does well in sending transfers because the transfers directly go to the recipients; thus no corruption is witnessed."
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8 years ago
Rose
received a $465 third payment.
"My life is now different because of the transfer, since I have been able to buy cattle and constructed a kitchen thus I nolonger suffer during the rainy season about where to cook from. I also bought a solar lighting system thus I don't have to buy paraffin on a daily basis. "
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8 years ago
Agnes
received a $113 initial payment.
"I was at home very weak and worried because I was expecting a baby soon yet we were penniless with my husband, shortly after I received money from GiveDirectly and i was happy and relieved. I am happy."
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8 years ago
Hussein
received a $424 second payment.
"Having my own land is the biggest difference in my daily life. I bought land from my second transfer. I am happy."
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8 years ago
Madhundu
received a $424 second payment.
"Possessing my own land is the biggest difference in my daily life. I bought a plot of land with my second transfer and I am proud. "
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8 years ago
John
received a $424 second payment.
"Being able to have the size of 3bedroom house is the biggest difference in my daily life. I utilized my second transfer to expand my house and I am happy."
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