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 in the chicken cooking when my called me from Fish Town that Givedirectly sent your money, right away I started singing and dancing with tears of joy, happiness overflow my heart that has been broken over the years because of poverty.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I have been furstruted for the past three, my thatch roof house got brunt in November 2019 around 4-5am in the morning when I left my six children in the house and when to fetched water creek. Upon my return my house was on fire with the help of God my oldest Son managed to get rest if the children from the smoke. Everything I have in that got brunt.
Nevertheless my husband coldest brother and wife hosted us for one year within that time my two big daughters and husband renovated the brunt house with thatch roof again and we moved back.
Since rhat time it has been worrisome for me but from the day I received money my life is no more stressful, I am of strong hope that will owe a zinc roof house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought one buddle of zinc and paid my four children school fees.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
My plan for the cash is to pay my children school fees and change my house roof as the roof of my house is tatch and it's very difficult to get the tatch therefore i want to use zinc instead.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What has brought me joy is that i was able to harvest enought pepper from my farm.
After my rice and other crops were being destroyed my the animals i decided to plant pepper and it has really yielded result and for that i am very grateful.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I have been struggling with my farm for so long as i barely harvest enough because the animals usually destroy the farm and i do not have the strength and the man power to fence it.
