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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over 6 years ago
Habakuk
received a $254 initial payment.
"Currently, I am receiving transfers from GD which am planning to use to pay contractors,buy building materials to plaster my house and now I will no longer live in a cow dung and mud house."
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over 6 years ago
Rukia
received a $465 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am so happy than before. The cows I bought remind me of how givedirectly has been a blessing to my family."
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over 6 years ago
Julius
received a $465 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I was able to own a cow. I expect to sleep in a descent house soon after construction, I was sleeping in a leaking roofed house but now this transfer is enabling me to sleep in a decent house."
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over 6 years ago
Tabitha
received a $547 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying a cow because it will multiply hence I can sell its siblings to get money in case I have any financial crisis in future.I also leased sugarcane farm with the remaining amount because it will give me more money to support my family."
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over 6 years ago
Juliet
enrolled.
"I am happy because we shall also buy our own cows that will boost our agricultural activities."
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over 6 years ago
Rael
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build a new house for my family since the current one is small and it hardly fits all of us under one roof. I will also purchase some livestock more so cows that I will use in ploughing my land and also getting milk. "
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over 6 years ago
Lynette
received a $547 initial payment.
"I want to thank Give Directly for having offered us this kind of a gift. I am now a happy woman because I cleared the college fee for my daughter.I had a huge fee balance and I had been wondering how I will go about it. I also bought a cow which I believe very soon it will multiply hence I will start milk business that will enable me get more money to support my family."
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over 6 years ago
Dimintiriya
enrolled.
"Receiving this money will help us improve on our house because it is not cemented and also buying some cows so that we can get milk in the future."
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over 6 years ago
Peter
received a $474 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to buy a cow at 700,000Ugx,lent 800,000 Ugx to my brother, and the balance being spent on food stuff. "
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over 6 years ago
Florence
enrolled.
"Receiving this money is a means of helping me to buy cows which will help me in future to education my brother's child, who is an orphan ."
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