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?
My phone was with my trustee when the money came in, he told me and I was excited.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I now have a mattress and a cow and some money saved in this old age.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My son bought for me a cow and household items that I didn't have like a mattress.
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What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I plan to buy land of USD1351 which will help me to grow crops and get food. I will also buy a goat worth USD67 which will help to money when I get sick any time.
Then the balance of USD540 will help me have good treatment and healthy feeding to improve on my health.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What made me happy is going to the hospital and health workers attended to me which helped me fine and came back safely.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Iam currently facing a problem of sickness and poverty which doesn't allow me work to get money to cater for basic needs. Another problem lam facing lack of food since I have always sick and it makes sturve most of the time.
