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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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
I am in the process of constructing an iron roofed house and its currently at the beam level. I am very happy because I have hope to shift to my permanent house after completing its construction with the second transfer that I expect. Currently, I am sleeping in a grass thatched hut that is about to collapse because the wall has been affected by the leaking roof.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money, I left very happy and thanked God for sending G.D because the money came at a right time when I needed it.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my transfer to Purchase 3 trips of sand, 3 trips of bricks, 2 trips of aggregate, 8 bags of cement, a wheel barrow and paid construction workers.
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access_time 5 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
This is a great chance for my family to build iron-roofed house with Givedirectly money. Iam lame and have suffered sleeping in a leaking grass thatched house for long since it hard to get grass. The iron-roofed house once complete will put to an end the suffering experienced for such a very long period of time by my household members.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Iam so much stressed because of the children's sicknesses but I find peace from neigbours in the evening hours. They visits and give me encouraging words of hope.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is sickness. My children constantly fall sick and at the end even the little I get out of farming is spent on their treatment. This has resulted in to endless poverty at my household.
