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?
I was so happy to receive these funds from GD. I was not sure at all if i would receive this money. I
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My biggest flex has been food. It was a great challenge for us to have food but as it is i am able to feed my family. I can also go to the market and hospital on my bicycle
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used my money to buy 24 Ironsheets which i plan to build a house next year. I bought a bicycle to help me with mobility. I bought 5 bags of maize for food, blankets for my children and i and clothes.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money is our greatest thing that ever happened in our lives, we have been lacking a reasonable amount of money to start a very big business but now this is our turning point, we will start a Mini shop so that everyone in our village should be buying from us and we should be making huge profits thereby improving our lives
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months we were happy only last month because we sold soya beans, and we bought some clothes for my new born child and some hospital experiences
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
We do not have adequate food because we bought last year's fertilizers so late and it was not enough for our maize field, this resulted in coming out with low yields and here we are, we are eating only once a day
