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
Caroline
received a $481 third payment.
"Give Directly has improved lives of the less fortunate in the community, people have built new houses, people have started business and they have also progressed in a lot of ways , I have not seen anything that they haven't done well"
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8 years ago
Nivah
received a $96 initial payment.
"I was so happy when I received the transfer as I never expected it."
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8 years ago
Jane
received a $464 third payment.
"My life is different in that with my small business,I'm able to buy food and pay school fees for children."
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8 years ago
Nicholas
received a $464 third payment.
"I spent my entire third transfer on building a decent spacious house since right now I have a second wife hence it was prudent to have a different house from the first wife's who had passed on."
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8 years ago
Jayne
received a $464 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building my own compound."
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8 years ago
Josiah
received a $464 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying sand, cement, building a latrine, building a chicken house and I also boosted my small business that generates income"
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8 years ago
Stephen
received a $464 third payment.
"Give Directly sends us money directly and without any strings attached, I haven't seen anything that the have not done well"
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8 years ago
Rose
received a $96 initial payment.
"When I saw the Mpesa message, I was scared as nobody has ever sent me such an amount at once,I later gained the courage and felt happy about it thereafter."
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8 years ago
Jecolia
received a $464 third payment.
"In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done well by transforming the lives in our village though GD has suspended the transfer."
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8 years ago
Lindah
received a $464 third payment.
"In my opinion,GD truly transform the life of the poor,and the negative part is that some absent eligible recipient were not back-checked."
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