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
Joyce
received a $467 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, my life is full of hope because the cow and bull will help me as an income generating activity which will further my children's education. Besides, I will use the bull for ploughing land for crop cultivation and the cow will provide food for the household members."
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over 6 years ago
Babra
received a $467 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer for paying back a loan of 300,000ugx and bought two cows with the remaining balance of the transfer."
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over 6 years ago
Mary
received a $253 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy a cow for rearing with my second transfer."
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over 6 years ago
John
enrolled.
"My happiest moment is normally evenings after finishing harding my cows.I chat and relax with my family."
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over 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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over 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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over 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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over 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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over 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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over 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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