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 2 years ago
Maima
enrolled.
"If I am successfully enrolled in to Give Directly's Cash transfer program, I want to use some of the money to pay the tuition of my children as well as complete my house that my husband and I were building.
As you can see my late husband and I were living in this house that we try building but unfortunately for me, he just died one week ago, so currently, I don't have any one to help my children, that's why I said I will use some of the money to pay their school fees."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 2 years ago
Grace
enrolled.
"I want to fix my house, pay my children school fees and start a new business. Right now i don't have a spouse to help me take care of my children. I have to credit dry fish to sell and us the profits to buy food for my family."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 2 years ago
Sabastean
enrolled.
"Our first priority now is to expand our business; to get more goods on our market table so we can support ourselves and our children. Secondly, we are planning to build our own house now so once we get this transfer those are the things we gonna do."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 2 years ago
Dyujah
enrolled.
"My husband and I want to fully complete our house which is our first priority now. Secondly, we need to send our children to school and to establish a business that will enable us to continue supporting ourselves and our children."
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over 2 years ago
Karisa
received a $491 initial payment.
"Being an orphan, I have my young brother who is now in college to take care of. To ensure that his learning continues smoothly I paid KES 15000.00 for him. Since I didn’t have a reliable source of income, I opted to buy a motorbike for KES 36000.00 so as to start a new business in the transport industry. I also bought 2 sacks of maize for the family to have access to food. Being tired of sleeping on sacks, I decided to buy mattress for KES 2000.00."
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over 2 years ago
Saumu
received a $491 initial payment.
"Currently I am living a relaxed life. Initially, I used to run up and down on daily basis to make ends meet. No clear source of income to cater for my family needs but as of now things are going on well through the GiveDirectly transfer I received."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 2 years ago
Kadzo
received a $491 initial payment.
"It was around 10am when I was at the field grazing my goats when I heard a message in my phone. Upon checking, it was the 1st transfer from GiveDirectly. I felt so happy to an extent that I didn’t feel how hot the sun was terrorizing my skin in the where there were no shades."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 2 years ago
Emmanuel
enrolled.
"If I received the cash transfer from Give Directly ,I will build my own house,so my children and I can have a place of our own, the house I'm currently living in is for my uncle, I don't have much convenient and privacy in it. I will also used some of the money to paid my kids school fees, because my kids are not currently in school,and I will also used the used the balance Money to do my business, to continue supporting my kids."
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over 2 years ago
Stephen
enrolled.
"My house is not in good and I want change it to a better one, secondly my children schools fees and lastly I want to start a business ."
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over 2 years ago
Martha
enrolled.
"I am presently living in my brother's house so when I am successful, I want to build my own house for my children to have a place of their own."
(Occupation: Small business)
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