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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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I don't have any new goals, because I already had a goal before receiving the transfer, so I decided to continue with my old goal which is to improve my house, so my family and I can have a decent living place and send my children to school, because I want them to become someone good tomorrow.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly can help people with money, for them to support their children in school, build house and sell. GiveDirectly don't take food nor water or anything from people.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
When I withdraw my money from my mobile account, I bought two bundle of zinc to improve my house, so my family and I can have a decent living then I paid my two children school fees,because I want them to become someone good tomorrow.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
"I will send my children to the city to get a quality education school, Am sending my children out of this village to get a quilty because we don't have a school in our for my children to get the kind of education I want to have, it's always been my prayers for my children to get a better education and I can't let this great opportunity pass with out my children having a better education because I know they are my future"
What is the happiest part of your day?
"The only happiness I have right now is the good news from Givedirectly today, I pray to be successful "
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"My greatest hardship is my farm work I don't relast anything from it because every year I make farm wild animals will destroyed everything,So because of this reason my family and I is really facing hardship, And this is the only means I have to support my family "
