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.
Kirui's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Kirui received a $254 initial payment.
"I am planning to start a new business of buying and selling cows to get money."
Kiplangat's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Kiplangat received a $254 initial payment.
"The biggest difference is that I now have one more cow in my stock. This wouldn't have been possible without GD."
Faith's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Faith received a $236 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that now I have my own cow which is lactating. I now get milk from my own cow and have save money which I would have rather spend on buying milk and I do also sell surplus to get some income."
Zephenia's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Zephenia received a $254 initial payment.
"The most outstanding thing in my life is that now I have a cow which I spent most of my free tie looking after the cow. If not with GD I believe I would still be wasting most of my time with the rest of my peers idling around shopping center."
Gladys's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Gladys received a $236 initial payment.
"My life together with my family members have currently changed in that we now have a cow to milk and we have also built a new house with a metallic roofing."
Rose's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Rose received a $548 initial payment.
"I spent the money to pay school fees for my children and bought them school uniform.I also bought maize for family consumption and a cow worth 6000 KES. The remaining amount I build a spacious iron roofed house because we were staying in a small grass roofed house."
Mary's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mary received a $23 fourth payment.
"I am planning to buy a cow that will give me milk hence I can sell milk to get more money."
Stanley's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Stanley received a $548 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying a cow because it will remind me of my first transfer from GD.I also bought clothes for my wife and children because they did not have any presentable one.The remaining amount I bought maize for family consumption and sofa set because we did not have any chair in our house."
Richard's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Richard received a $254 initial payment.
"You can at times have goals but lack funds to execute them. I have been desiring to have a cow that will give us milk for sale as an investment. Our goal is to combine our household transfers from Give Directly to buy a good-breed cow that goes for 60000 KES. It will give us enough milk for sale and enable us to pay recurring expenditures such as school fee."
Maureen's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Maureen received a $548 initial payment.
"When I received the money which GD sent it to me, I spent on buying livestock which include one cow, an ox , sheep and a dairy goat. I spent the remaining portion to buy food for my family."
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