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?
When I received my cash transfer I was so excited and thankful. I used to sleep on the floor but soon after I received my cash transfer I managed to buy a bed and a mattress and am very thankful as now am able to sleep comfortably and waking up in the morning without dust.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my life is that I used to be a house wife waiting for my husband to provide everything on the table but now with my cash transfer I managed to start a business of selling groundnuts and am able to provide for my family as well and am very thankful for GD transfers.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
After I received my cash transfer I managed to buy window flames which costed me 90 thousand kwacha, I bought 4 bags of cement at K8000 each, a bed at 25 thousand kwacha and 2 mattress at 45 thousand kwacha. The house I used to live in was not in a good condition, it had no window flames but now with my cash transfer managed to fix it and am very thankful for GD transfers.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
I am happy to be included in this project because I have been lacking money to buy food and clothes
What is the happiest part of your day?
I don't know but when its time for eid I enjoy celebrating the prophet
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I don't have a husband so no one helps me with money except my son in Lilongwe
