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.
Follow to
be updated on Yabaragiye's next check-in.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
329680 RWF ($298 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
attach_money
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I remember it was in the morning around 7:30 am, I was preparing my kids to go to school then I heard a notification message from Givedirectly . I was happy it came as solution to my financial problems.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I am living a good life before I struggled to pay school fees now I was able to pay the school fees for my children. I was able to buy food for my family and now we are planning to use the second batch in constructing our own house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a land of 150k it is a big one so I am planning to build a house in that land then the rest of the land , I will plant some vegetables so we can eat them in our meals.
Enrolled
access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
The first installment i plan to buy livestocks, i want to buy a pig for $100 and i also want to build our own house and have an address.
The second installment i plan to finish building my house and i plan to buy livestocks, i want to buy 3 goats for $180 and pay for my children school fess , books , uniform, food to eat and buy other materials in our home like matress, beds and cooking pots.
Receiving this money means coming out of poverty, this will help us have a good life and have an address without always renting and my children will be able to grow better and have a good education.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Being able to pay for my children's education is my greatest happiness and my son Fabrice was able to Benefit from the government support program that helps children facing malnutrition and the money we received have been very helpful in their nutrition and we were able to buy him a goat from that money.
And my sister Marie had her wedding recently and this ceremony brought us happiness and we were all happy for her new step.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Getting what to eat to is not easy , my children are in school and to be able to pay for their school fees i have to work for others and raise money to support them and pay for our medical insurance.
I have a small land which is not fertile , and i currently don't have any livestock to give me fertiliser i have to go and ask from my neighbours for it.
The house we rent is very small and sometimes i face difficulty getting money to pay for it.
