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 super excited when i got the transfer i couldn't believe that i have that amount of money untill i went to cash it out.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference is food,we have adequate food that will carry us through out the year and thats the biggest achievement.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
First of all i would like to thank this awesome organisation for considering poor people like us with the cash transfer's i got the money and as it is Iam using it to buy house building materials,since i would love to own a house,so we have bought 25 ironsheet at K120,000,I have bought 4 bags of maize at K9000 each making a total of K38,000,and i have used the other money for home basics,i bought a blanket at K19,000,Duvet K14,0000 and othe necessities.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money will allow me to buy food for my family and also build a better house with iron sheets.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I'm happiest in the afternoon when I spend time with wife after work
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest harship is my living conditions. I need a better house to live comfortably with my family because food is not much of a problem since it's just use two, what we harvested will cater for us, but the house, it's too small and we need a mattress and blankets since we sleep on a mat
