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 home when l received a message that my account was topup by GiveDirectly. I was so happy, so I wasted no time to call my boyfriend to share the good news. When he got back home, we both discussed and decided that I should use part of the money to enroll in school, and l did just that.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Before GiveDirectly, l had difficulties in purchasing school materials amongst other things. Now, I'm able to at least get those things that I'm required to get by the school.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used part of the money to pay my tuition so l can go back to school. Meanwhile, my boyfriend is a graduate and he wants to further his education, we saved some of the money so we can add it to our next transfer.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
"when I received this money, I planned on going back to complete high school and also my spouse planned on going back to college".
What is the happiest part of your day?
"Despite of no job and no money, I'm very much happy because within the last six months my spouse and I haven't encounter any problem or sickness".
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
"No job, therefore no money to adequately support our daily lives, because of no job, my spouse is riding motorcycles for people inorder to get daily bread for our family to survive. Also because the money he generate from riding people motorcycles is very much small we are not able to go back to school".
