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.
Patience's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Patience enrolled.
"If I am qualify for this program and I receive any money from givedirectly, l am going to make business to support my child because my father ran away from me since I was two months old and he had not yet return and I can not even hear from him."
Mary's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"If I am qualified to be apart of this program and I received any money from GiveDirectly I am going to renovate my house, secondly I am going to make my small business and if the money is much I am going to build another two rooms house because my children and grandchildren are many."
Momo's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Momo enrolled.
"The main challengeI am facing now is my wife health. Since five years she has been sick and no finance to take her to good hospital. Her foot business is really troubling me because she is not able to do anything now so I have to do everything, could you imagine cooking which is woman's responsibility in our setting is a part of my responsibility now as a man. Since she got sick, people in the community have kept far from us, they don't enter our house now and when they feel good to greet us, they stand a different because her foot sometimes smell."
Mather's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Mather enrolled.
"My first priority now is to build a concrete blocks house with a zinc on top so once I get this money I will build my house and start doing small business that will enable me to substain myself and my family."
Marveline's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Marveline enrolled.
"Now my biggest challenge is how to generate money from selling my goods to full build my own house and to continue my business." (Occupation: Small business)
Tenneh's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Tenneh enrolled.
"My plan for the cash is to pay my children's school fees and add up to my already dying business, once my business is up and running, i trust that i will be able to meet up with other household needs."
Memma's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Memma enrolled.
"I am a business woman, if I get this money from Give Directly, I will use it to buy more goods to sell." (Occupation: Small business)
Yatta's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Yatta enrolled.
""What I plan to do with my cash transfer is to build my own house on my husband family's land within this same town, I've been renting for long time, I and my husband's hustles can only earn little, when we brush the spot we burn the sticks and make charcoal/fire coal, then we plant crops, so the little money we get from the crops harvest and that of the coal sales aren't enough to build house, but can only help sustain the family. Another thing I have on mind is to do fish business which will help sustain the family and help support my children in school.""
Zubah's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Zubah enrolled.
"Receiving this money means my five children tuition will be paid in full and my wife will also become a business woman. My wife and I are blessed with five children but due to financial constraints, we have not been able to meet up with the obligation of their schooling. I lost my job about six years ago which was the only source of income for my family. As a result of this, my children had to drop out of school since we could no longer meet up with the demands of their schools. This situation has been very embarrassing for me and it makes me to feel sad everyday knowing that I am not able to meet the basic needs of my family. If I receive this cash transfer, i will make sure that all of my children tuitions are paid in full. I will also establish a business which will be taken care of by my wife to enable us have a stable income to meet our basic needs."
Jartu's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Jartu enrolled.
"If I'm successfully enrolled in to Give Directly's cash transfer program, I want to used some of the money to pay my children school fees because they are father less and that there is no one supporting them except me as a single mother. And if the money is enough to do other things, I will also used some to recondition my house especially the roof because since my husband built this house for me when he was still alive, we haven't changed anything on it due to the lack of money. I will also start up a business to enable me cater to my home interns of food and other needs of my children."
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