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 felt very happy when I received this money. My children were out of school for about a year. My only hope of paying their school fees was to burn charcoal for them to go back to school which could take longer time. My house projects have been the secondary issue on my mind. My house has not been in good condition and I planned to renovate it also. Surprisingly for me, I received this money from GiveDirectly.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
There are some improvement in my life since I received this money. Most of my financial problems have been solved. My children school fees have been paid and they they happily in school. I have in my possession five bags of cement whichI have started using for the renovation of my house.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
No used huge amount of money to pay my children school fees the moment I received it including their registration and purchasing of their school materials. I bought five bags of cement for the renovation of my house that is in a deplorable condition.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Right now I don't have my own sleeping place, a family that own this house decided to help us by giving us the outside room, and secondly, my children schooling that has been a major issues of my life.
If I received this money, my plan is to build my own place and send my children to good school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months, nothing has brought joy to my life, because our family has been faced with hardship, the only joy I see now is the coming of Givedirectly.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
There are major challenges that our family has been faced with:
Firstly, the feeding is one of the major challenges that we have been faced, if we don't burn coal, we can't feed the children, lastly, the health and education issues for our children is our major challenge.
