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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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used the money to buy three blundes of zinc, two packs of nail and others building materials for my new house. I also paid two of my children's school fees in Pleebo City. I've decided to start business with the rest of my money.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Finding food for my family to eat and paying my children's school fees were my biggest challenge in life. GiveDirectly money has brought so much change to my daily life by reducing my worries. I am no longer struggling to find money in the bush because i will use tgis money to start a new business tgat will help sustain my family.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was playing with my phone that early morning when I heard a beep on my phone. I immediately checked and saw a message from GiveDirectly that I've received 40,375 in my account.
I was so happy and started running up and down my yard. I danced with excitement and told God thank you for GiveDirectly.
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What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"The main challenge in my life now is the lack adequate money to take good care of my family"
What is the happiest part of your day?
"Really I feel joyful almost always when I wake up in the morning and see my household all well and strong,I got joy because health is wealth.When there is life there is hope"
What does receiving this money mean to you?
"I am living in a thatch hut that has no good facilities,moreover,my children are not inschool,so when I receive my transfers,Iwill build a better living place for me and my household,next I send my children to school"
