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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At my age receiving such an amount of is very unbelievable. My husband and i are old people and we had never imagined of receiving such an amount of money. We are very grateful to Givedirectly. We are dying to own a sofa in our house. We feel embarrassed when we receive visitors and they have to sit on the floor.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am the happiest mostly in the evenings when my husband is back from his businesses and we are eating with our family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
We have a small piece of land that needs fertilizer for us to harvest enough produce. With the way we find we can not afford to buy fertilizer. This leads to hunger in our home. They are days when we do not even know where our next meal will come from.
