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.
Lucia's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Lucia received a $267 initial payment.
"What I did was, I purchased new fishing net for my personal fishing business and the balance i pay my children school fees."
Samuel's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Samuel received a $267 initial payment.
"My biggest difference is that , from now on ward, I will be abel to manage my own business , because I had getting myself a new cano and fishing materials, i can now sent my children to school and taking care of my family's."
Hannah's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Hannah received a $267 initial payment.
"I bought a fishing net for my husband to replace the old one we had, I also buy food and medicine for us."
Augustin's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Augustin received a $267 initial payment.
"My biggest difference is that, I'm no longer depending on someone material to fishing again because i having my personal fishing materials from now on ward and I'm my own boss ."
Elizabeth's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
""I am happy for months now because my husband fishing net have been catching fishes for me and my family. Whenever he brings those fishes, I normally sell some and keep some for eating. These days I always wait for him patiently and anxiously to seeing he coming for more fishes and sure God has been answering my prayers.""
Sayinabu's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Sayinabu enrolled.
"Receiving this money will help me develop my life. This money will buy me a bed, build a house and buy better utensils. All these have been very hard for me because the only source of income is the lake, my husband goes to lake to do fishing for other people who h pays very less."
Cryton's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Cryton enrolled.
"In the last six months I have been happy because I was able to earn some money through fishing. I used this money to buy nice food for my family such as rice and bread. This makes me happy because my children are able to eat some of the food that they wish they could have."
Naomi's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Naomi enrolled.
"My greatest life challenge is the way I go about looking for money; farming,fishing,setting off basket etc but all these things are not enough to generate cash to enable me build a very big and new house. The money I get on a daily basis is just from hand to mouth. To look for money in Liberia is very hard. I am really going through a lot and needing help for my family. Give Directly please I will really be glad if I am selected."
Teleza's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Teleza enrolled.
"Money is the biggest challenge. We need money to buy fertilizer so that we harvest enough. But we mostly just farm without fertilizer and that leads to low yields leaving us food insufficient. If I was to find money, I'd use it as capital to restart my fishing business."
Tiangay's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Tiangay enrolled.
"Lack of money. Right now, the catch from my husband fishing isn't enough to be sold to sustain us. We also have two kids that are not going to school because of lack of funds. As a result, they only know how to speak our dialect and not English."
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