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.
Admon's family
access_time 8 years ago
Admon received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the pride that I have in achieving my goal which is constructing a permanent house."
Claudias's family
access_time 8 years ago
Claudias received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I have been able to pay bride price and now that burden of constantly being asked when I will do it has been lifted off my shoulders."
Masline's family
access_time 8 years ago
Masline received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my stress level has plummeted. I am no longer thinking a lot since I have cash that has been facilitating the accomplishment of my projects I constantly dream about, for example I will soon be constructing an iron-roofed house that had been psychologically perturbing me for long."
Emmaculate's family
access_time 8 years ago
Emmaculate received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have my own home and a spacious house."
Ruth's family
access_time 8 years ago
Ruth received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is having offset the loan that was giving me so much stress giving the fact that the time for paying it back had elapsed."
Pelesia's family
access_time 8 years ago
Pelesia received a $481 second payment.
"The major difference I can mention in my daily life after receiving transfers from Give Directly is that I am no longer being rained, we live a healthier life-with low cases of malaria outbreak."
Janet's family
access_time 8 years ago
Janet received a $481 second payment.
"Initially, I lived a laborer, tilling peoples' farm in order to feed my household members but now, I use less energy, earn more handsomely, and provide for my household members more effectively. This is the biggest difference I can mention in my daily life since I started receiving transfers from Give Directly."
Keshia's family
access_time 8 years ago
Keshia received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I no longer spend 100KES every week to purchase paraffin because of the solar lantern that I bought and the children study well till late hours in the night unlike before."
Quereen's family
access_time 8 years ago
Quereen received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is having bought iron sheets which is an assurance that i will be living in a spacious good house soon."
Ismael's family
access_time 8 years ago
Ismael received a $481 second payment.
"What I can mention I have fully accomplished in my life since I started receiving transfers from Give Directly are livestock-2 goats. As a farmer, I spent on 2 goats that I consider as my personal investment. My life is a little bit cushioned against economic shocks and emergencies like sicknesses."