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 very happy to the extent that I had to make an alarm
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My living standards will soon be uplifted. This is because I am using m transfer to build my dream house
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
All my money is being spent on constructing a house
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access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I plan to buy a cow at $134.31 whose cow dung I will be able to use for manure for my garden.
I will also acquire land for staying at $ 537.25 because where I am the place is affected by water from the most top hill causing fear in us.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I have been able to feed my family by taking up opportunities to do casual work like fetching fire wood and young Bambo stems known as Kamalwa from the forest which I am able to and get some little money to provide for my family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The chaallenge I am facing is too much coldness cause from Water falling from the upper sides of the hill here in Kibanga and soil falling that keeps falling whenever it rains.
It's so cold inside the house that my daughter was diagnosed with Pneumonia some time back.
So we still live in fear because we live in a risky part of the village.
