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 IN THE GARDEN DIGGING, I FELT SO HAPPY AND GOOD. THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT RAN THROUGH MY MIND WAS GRATITUDE AND CONTROLLING MY EXCITEMENT TO AVOID MISUSING IT
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
RECEIVING SUCH AN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN MY LIFE WAS THE FIRST TIME IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. BEING ABLE TO SLEEP ON THE BED/MATRESS
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I BOUGHT A COW AT 1500000 MEANWHILE I WAIT TO FIND LAND SO THAT WHEN I GET AN AFFORDABLE PIECE OF LAND, I WILL SELL THIS COW AND TOP UP WITH MY NEXT TRANSFER TO BUY LAND
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access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I plan to buy a plot of land worth USD833 in Buwangani Town council which is not land slides prone area where I will use USD 1111 to build for my family so can stop having sleepless nights.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What made me happy in the last six months is being in fair life where we managed to get something to eat without struggling so much.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest problem we currently is landslides which destroy our gardens. both food crops and cash crops hence leaving us with food insecurity and poor incomes.
