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 moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
My husband decided to check the phone to know.whether the transfer message has come that's how he went to the network.area and saw it. When he came and told me i was happy and started jubilating.i wantef to build my house and GiveDirectly has done it for me .
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My life cahnged because i will have my own house this is a wonderful thing for me I'm so happy may God bless GiveDirectly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought zinc, food and my paid my son school fees.
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If god help us get this money, we have planned to build our own house.
We need our own house now. Many it has always been our wish to have a house of our own. we living in our uncle house who always threatened us or disgrace in public. More to that our children are growing and they shall one day want to have a place called their own. This plan if realize it will be a great achievement our lives. We can our own house that tomorrow we can leave with our children.
We also decided to have portion of this money be used in establishing business for us. With business, we will be able to generate profit that could in return handle our problem that we are faced with. Now that the farming is under producing causing us to always borrowed money always. This belittle us in that people say all sorts of things about us which causes us shame and embarrassment. With our plan being achieved, our hardship will reduce
What is the happiest part of your day?
It's difficult to express our happiness within the last six months. We lost our daughter just Aug of this year, and lost Aunt last year. The only happy moments I can say it's after being visited by friends to sympathize with us. That brought great relief and happiness because at least we let away the stress.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Our challenge now is having our own house. It's challenging because we're not in peace. Everytime we are being threatened by the house owner to throw us out, and that can make us shame and embarrass. It's difficult getting money to solve any problem, therefore money is a key to ensuring our problem solve.. Our farm can't give us money to build our own house. We have over 4 children living with people because the house can't take all of us. If we can have a house of our own. With this house, our children can can be brought back and they can be trained by their parents, ( parents)
