GDLive Newsfeed
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. Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
Princess's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Princess enrolled.
"The commercial motorcycle my spouse is riding in Buchanan to sustain himself in school and send a portion of the money he raised to me for my upkeep in the district is so old that it gives him lots of repair problems. If I am qualified to receive the cash transfer, I will purchase a new motorcycle for my spouse to have a smooth riding condition." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Janet's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Janet received a $280 fourth payment.
"I used my most recent transfer to complete by house project and paid contractors to finish my house.I saved my remaining transfer to enable me start a new business." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Momoh's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Momoh received a $280 fourth payment.
"Give directly did extremely well for me through the help of Give directly i was able to own my own motorbike for business." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
David's family
access_time over 2 years ago
David received a $280 fourth payment.
"My recent transfer will be spent on food stuff like, rice, oil, vita, etc for commercial purposes." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Zawadi's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Zawadi received a $469 initial payment.
"It was 2 pm, and I was fixing a late lunch for the family. I had not realized how much time had passed because of the work at the farm. As I was cooking, my phone had a beep of a message tone, and with my anxiety, had to check up on the message. I was pleased to see the amount of money I have been waiting for some time, since the support program visited my village. I went on with my cooking but I was humming joyous songs, thinking of how I will spend the cash." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
David's family
access_time over 2 years ago
David received a $469 initial payment.
"My ambition of starting a goat rearing project came to reality when I received funds from GiveDirectly. I had the dream but I was unable to realise it due to financial constraints. I am a Boda Boda rider married and blessed with 5 children who are still under my care at the moment. Receiving funds from GiveDirectly came has the most amazing blessing in my life, I was able to purchase four high-breed goats at KES 30,000. I then bought two bags of maize worth KES 10,000. Lastly, I bought clothes and decent beddings for my family. I am grateful for the transfer that has lifted my living standards." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Robertson's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Robertson received a $280 fourth payment.
"From the beginning of the program, my goals were to send my three children to school, improve my house which was in a very bad condition and also buy a motorcycle so that I can run it as a business to generate more money for my family expenses; through the help of GiveDirectly transfer, all of those goals were achieved. I don't have anything major to do for now."
Agatha's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Agatha received a $247 second payment.
"Bought one bag of cement, am saving tge balance to buy building materials for my new house" (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Rosezatha's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Rosezatha received a $247 second payment.
"The recipient doesn't have ant new goals they're still in the process of achieving their first goals." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Lily's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Lily received a $470 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that we have added more stock to our business. We have a business selling motorcycle spare parts at the shopping center. My spouse runs a spare parts retail business and repairs motorcycles. This had been our main source of income for our family. We depend on this to meet all our daily basic household needs including paying school fees for our children in various secondary schools. Because of this, our business had gone down due to the dependency rate. We had always wanted to add more stock but it was not possible because of the recurrent expenses at home and school fees. When we received the transfer from GiveDirectly we felt so happy because we knew we would be in a position to do this. Currently, we have enough stock and our customers are very happy. We get higher profits compared to previous days. We are so grateful for the support because were it not GiveDirectly all this could have taken quite some time. GiveDirectlty has improved our living standard to be much better than before."
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