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.
Mike's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mike received a $23 initial payment.
"In the next six months i am planning to start a small business of buying and selling cows."
Mercy's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mercy received a $23 second payment.
"I have a goal of buying a goat that i will keep for some time then later sell to get money that will be enough to buy a dairy cow for my family."
Joseph's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joseph received a $23 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that now I can sleep well on a mattress with a warm blanket. The money I got from GD, i spent to buy a mattress, blanket and food. These were the major challenges that we had but now I and my family are happy spending on a mattress unlike before when we were spending a night on a cow skin."
Judy's family
access_time 6 years ago
Judy received a $4 initial payment.
"In the next six months when receive the money which we pool together as village members I would spent to buy a cow. This is to help me feed my family as I have been buying milk for use for quite sometime and this cost me lots of cash."
Kipngetich's family
access_time 6 years ago
Kipngetich received a $23 second payment.
"Currently, before I go to my work place I spent some time feeding my cow which I really enjoy doing it. Every day this brought me happiness and thank Give Directly for the transfers which enabled me to buy the animal."
Margaret's family
access_time 6 years ago
Margaret received a $23 second payment.
"In the next six months,I am planning to own a dairy cow that will provide milk to my family."
Christine's family
access_time 6 years ago
Christine received a $451 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to buy two cows, paid children's school fees, and bought house hold items like a mattress, bed-sheets, plates and saurce pans. "
Anna's family
access_time 6 years ago
Anna received a $451 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to buy a cow, household items like a mattress , bed-sheets, curtains, clothes and paid school fees for my siblings. "
Mary's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mary received a $4 initial payment.
"My new goals currently involve building a new kitchen, buying a cow and then finally buying a blanket for myself."
Rose's family
access_time 6 years ago
Rose received a $451 second payment.
""I spent 280000ugx on buying cement that am going to use for plastering my house, 600000ugx and 700000ugx for buying a bull and a cow respectively""
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