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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Upon receiving this cash transfer. I want to do business.
Why, because when I get the money and want to keep it, it will spoiled.
When I get the money, I will buy goods and other valuable things that can give lum sum profit and my wife will get in club for future planning.
In the past time, we can planned that when we get money, we will do other good thing that will help us to improve our life's, but when the comes, we can spend on things that are not in our plan.
At the end, we will lavish the money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Every day that broke, I and my family are happy. And the biggest happiness is the present of Givedirectly to my house giving me money that I did not work, and telling me to use it wisely in order to meet my family needs. This also bring a big happiness to us.
We have not seen such an opportunity in our relationship since my wife and myself came together.
And I feel more happy, because our hardship in getting food and hauling plank for less income for others has finished.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I've faced is food. I've been a farmer all my life and the yields from the farm has never been enough to feed my family. Most times I go hunting and it's through hunting we sometime get food but since the FDA pass a law against hunting my source of income has has reduced greatly and in turn brought so much hardship to my family and it makes me so sad everyday having to see my child and my wife go without food.
Because of hardship, I don't have income to send my child to school.
Even when he is ill, it's pain me because of lack of good medication to the health facility that is too far away from the village.