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.
Tom's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Tom enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of proper source of income. I cannot be able to fend for most of my families needs such as education for my children and food."
Irene's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Irene enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is paying for the children's education. "
Jane's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in my life is paying school fees for my children attending their secondary education. "
Christine's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing is how to feed my family and cater for their education needs. "
Jael's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Jael enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is how put food on the table for my family and funding their education. "
Lilian's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face is that am not able to provide my children with quality education due to lack of money."
Beatrice's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is the fact that I have lost all my relatives and I didn't acquire much education to enable me to do something meaningful in life meaning I don't have a relative whom I can share my life issues with and I am feeling lonely."
Caroline's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Caroline received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I managed to see my son through high school education, something I wouldn't have done were it not for GiveDirectly. My younger children are also very neat and smart."
Janati's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Janati received a $401 third payment.
"In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done well by giving people money inconsiderate of their family back ground or level of education. And there is nothing that hasn't been done well"
Roslida's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Roslida enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to send my children to school. Education is the best a parent can offer a child and being unable to provide this makes me feel so embarrassed."
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