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 very happy since it was my first time to receive a lot of money from an organization
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My life is never the same since I have enough food bought with the money received from GD and we are no longer going to be with empty stomach at night
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a matress, clothes and food for my children
Enrolled
access_time almost 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means having a decent house. My house is in a very bad state , right now am worried because the rains will be coming shortly and the roof of my house is in a very bad state. When I received these transfers am planning to build a new house maybe I can experience a new and better life.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Being able to work hard and find food for my family brings happiness in my life.whenever my children goes to school and sleeps with a full stomach am usually very happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Currently I don't have food in my house and this is my every day challenge. Every day I wake up I think of the means of bringing food home, I usually wash people's clothes so that they can give me food for that day. Sometimes we eat once a day because of shortage of food. My children usually go to school on an empty stomach and this negatively affects their performance .
