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 happy because I realized that the personal problems that I had will be dealt with accordingly
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I now have sufficient food as compared to the situation before the cash transfers
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought food and some bricks to maintain my damaged house
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access_time over 2 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I will use the money to build brick fence . I have already started moulding the bricks but due to lack of money the project stopped. I want my house to be in a fence because my house is along the road and with the business i do of selling alcohol i need a fence for protection
What is the happiest part of your day?
I had money from my business and i was able to buy food. Since i only managed to harvest a bag of maize from last season, it happened that i made alot of profits last month from my small business, and i used the money to buy bags of maize
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I dont have enough food in my house. From my last harvest, the harvest was less i only managed to get 1 bag of maize because my maize was affected with army worms.Previous seasons i managed to 10 bags from the same land but last season was something else
