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?
The moment i received the money i was so happy because i knew that i will be able to build a spacious house and sleep on a comfortable mattress
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life is having comfortable sleep on a mattress and a big house. I used to sleep on the floor in a congested bedsitter but now i am so free in my 3 bedroom house; thanks to you
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the money to buy 6 bags of maize for food. I also bought beddings including mattress and a blanket. Furthermore, i built a 3 bedroom house which i am now comfortably living in unlike the previous bedsitter house
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access_time almost 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving money from this organisation means that it wants to help us financially so that we can build good houses and buy anything we want.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is morning when i wake up from slumber because i am prevelaged to have life while others have not seen their day
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship in my life is hunger. This area does not receive normal rainfall so that it affects us in the way that what we harvest is meagre. Hence as poor people we fail to buy food from the markets since prices are also high
