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.
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almost 6 years ago
Chepkemoi
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means my life will improve. I will be able to buy a dairy cow as well as build a new house using the money."
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almost 6 years ago
Millicent
received a $253 initial payment.
"My current life is different in that I have a cow of my own. I am hopeful my daughter will join school without hiccups of struggling for school fees. Were it not for GiveDirectly,this could have never happened."
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almost 6 years ago
Joseph
received a $546 initial payment.
"I spent my transfer to pay school fees for my daughter in her second year in university. This was a great step. the remaining balance I bought a cow."
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almost 6 years ago
Margaret
received a $23 sixth payment.
"I am planning to sell the goats hence buy a dairy cow that will provide my family with milk."
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almost 6 years ago
Robert
received a $235 initial payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to own a cow so that I won't have to buy milk."
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almost 6 years ago
Suslia
received a $235 initial payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months is that, I will have bought a dairy cow hence I nolonger be using KES 40 everyday to buy milk."
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almost 6 years ago
Teresa
received a $23 fourth payment.
"I have no new goal because I am still thinking on how to achieve my initial goal of buying a cow though I find it difficult on how to go a bout it since the transfer is too little."
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almost 6 years ago
Caren
received a $546 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying fencing materials worth 16000 KES,and Cow worth 25000 KES. The rest saved for daily use."
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almost 6 years ago
Rose
received a $546 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now comfortable than before.I now have things that I never thought I could have for example a cow and good clothes for the family.I don't struggle to get food since I was able to buy maize to last for sometime."
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almost 6 years ago
Elizabeth
received a $546 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying a cow worth 41000 KES,bedding's worth 1500 KES and maize 2600 KES. The remaining I kept for daily use."
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