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 AT HOME DOING HOUSE CHORES, WHEN I SAW A MESSAGE I FELT SO OVER JOYED. THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WAS GETTING A COW
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
EATING FOOD REGULARLY AND TAKING IS SOMETHING THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. WE ARE ALL HAPPY AND EATING WELL
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I BOUGHT A COW BECAUSE MY AND MY FAMILY CAN AFFORD TO TAKE MY MILK
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What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
Getting this cash is an opportunity for me to buy a Cow so my children can have some milk .I will be able to use the cow droppings for manure for my garden as well.
I also hope it will be able reproduce so we can sell calves to get money out them, which I'll use to top up the cash that I hope to get to buy land in a safe area.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am happy because we have been healthy and okay no one fell sick. So were able to use that little money that we would have spent on treatment buy food for my family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
When it rains I live in fear because I keep imagining what happened to this community will anytime happen to us again.
A landslide took place in 2022 and killed three people who were walking back to their homes. And this cause me and my family to live in fear.
