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?
"when you came here and told me that I have received transfer, I was doubtful of that statement because everyone here who received transfer got a message about the transfer being in their phone, however, I still went ahead and check because I know that you're working with the entity. After I did what you told me and I finally saw my transfer, I was very happy and started to list all of the things I was going to do with my transfer.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life now is, I have assurance that I am going to run my business, and carry on my agriculture plan that I have had with me a long time now.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I want to start a business, I also want to get involves in planting peanut and corn.
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access_time 3 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
If I am successful for Give Directly Cash transfer program, I plan to start a business inorder to sustain myself and my family .
I started making a good business when I was in Cape Mount in 1987 taking care of my family and other relatives. But later in 2004 things began very difficult for me to an extent that I couldn't maintain the business any longer.
The business I was making collapse and I had to come back to my home town and start a new life by making farm in order to sustain us.
Although I make farm to sustain my family but the money I earn from the farm is not enough to maintain the entire family; this alone has got me dissatisfied especially with our living conditions.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months, what has brought me joy or happiness is when I receive a call from my sister husband in the month of April that my sister is well by the help of God it brought me so much joy and happiness because carrying her to Ghana to take treatment make my business to collapse so I was too happy to hear that she's well by the help of God.
Eventhough I don't have enough money to start a business and maintain my family but I am very happy seeing my family and I alive and healthy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardships I am facing now is money.
Since my business collapse in November 2004 due to my sister illness, I haven't had any means of getting money to start a new business.
The money I earn from the farm I make is use on food and at times the farm I make I don't realized anything from it. Because of that I can't even afford food for myself and my family.
