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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over 8 years ago
Naomi
received a $493 second payment.
"Other organizations give help through local authorities who never give everything to the intended persons, unlike GiveDirectly that gives the cash directly to the recipients through phone transfers."
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over 8 years ago
Elizabeth
received a $493 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I moved from a mad house to cement."
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over 8 years ago
Value
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to pay college fee for a new semester and rear local chicken."
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over 8 years ago
Pamela
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to pay secondary school fees, replace my doors and boost my cereals business."
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over 8 years ago
Erick
received a $493 second payment.
"I now have a big descent house unlike the previous house that was almost falling."
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over 8 years ago
Atieno
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to expand my house and invest in MPESA to supplement my canteen sales."
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over 8 years ago
Tabitha
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy wire and cement to reinforce the walls of my house so that they do not fall because the ground here is swampy."
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over 8 years ago
Teresa
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy a sewing machine, a bicycle, pay school fees and buy shoes and clothes for my children."
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over 8 years ago
Ayieko
received a $493 second payment.
"GiveDirectly is truthful while other NGOs are not truthful."
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over 8 years ago
Teresha
received a $493 second payment.
"I used to sleep on mat but now I have a comfortable bed and a mattress. "
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