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.
access_time
over 4 years ago
Lilian
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I expect in the next six months to have expanded my poultry keeping project. I will use part of these transfers which I shall have saved in the table banking. Therefore, in the future, the income from the chickens will help me to buy my household's utensils."
View Lilian's
profile
access_time
over 4 years ago
Julius
received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"I do not have a new goal at the moment. I am only planning to expand the poultry farm that I started recently using the first transfers I received from Give Directly. I am looking forward to living a better life in future. This will only happen when I expand my business and market my products. I am intending to buy more chicken so that I would have more eggs for sale. This will mean that I will have more income through the sale of these eggs. I will, in turn, spend the cash to purchase family necessities."
View Julius's
profile
access_time
over 4 years ago
Caroline
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I am now planning to start a chicken rearing project on a small scale then grow it slowly going into the unforeseeable future. I believe that this project will go a long way in helping me solve some of my financial problems as we plan for the long term solutions."
View Caroline's
profile
access_time
over 4 years ago
Christine
received a $477 initial payment.
"My spent my first transfer to buy a cow, chicken, bought clothings for the child, utensils, hired cultivation land, and saved the balance. "
View Christine's
profile
access_time
over 4 years ago
Purity
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next four months, I will use the money from my savings in a merry go round group to increase the number of chickens I keep. I also intend to buy a wire mesh to improve this chicken cope for proper ventilation purposes."
View Purity's
profile
access_time
over 4 years ago
Dorcus
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfers is that I am healthier and happier. I was able to start a business with the funds I got from Give Directly. The amount was enough to start a poultry farm. I managed to build a small kitchen house, bought chicken feeds and a few chicken to start with. The project is doing progressing well. I have already sold a few eggs and the money has helped me in buying other basic needs."
View Dorcus's
profile
access_time
over 4 years ago
George
received a $22 twelfth payment.
"I have plans for constructing a chicken pen or an enclosed area for my poultry. So far, I have about forty local breed chickens that are currently roaming free during the day which puts them at a high risk of contracting diseases or even getting stolen as I cannot monitor them. To ensure their safety I will use the transfers to buy the required materials to construct the chicken pen as soon as I have completed paying for the solar lighting kit that I bought on credit."
View George's
profile
access_time
over 4 years ago
Moses
received a $469 initial payment.
"Seeing that I also received this money at last, the biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness I feel within having held that money and setting up my building that when I get my last transfer, I will complete it. This will relive me from the issue of sharing my small grass thatched house with children, chicken and all other household stuff as I will then be having enough space in the new one."
View Moses's
profile
access_time
over 4 years ago
Caren
received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that I no longer overwork my self. Because of the financial support I receive, I now do the casual work during morning hours only. I usually take a rest in the afternoons after doing some cleaning. In addition to this, I was able to plant some vegetables in a small portion of land I was given by my father. When I sell them, I will use the money to buy some chicken feeds and use some of it to expand the poultry project."
View Caren's
profile
access_time
over 4 years ago
Sarah
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build a better poultry house.I am a poultry farmer and have several chicken now.My spouse and I work and hence when we are not home it is necessary that there is a good fencing as well as house for the chicken so they do not wander into people's farms.I will use this money to buy enough materials to build and with the remainder I will buy more chicken"
View Sarah's
profile