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.
Edward's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Edward received a $23 twenty-fourth payment.
"My additional goal in life is to expand my poultry keeping project. I am currently keeping Kienyeji chicken and would also like to keep gross chicken. I have decided to expand this project because I have some experience in it. Also, it does not require most of my attention like other projects and one can also generate income on a daily basis through egg sales."
Gilbert's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Gilbert received a $23 twenty-third payment.
"My additional goal for the next four months is to invest in poultry farming. I chose to venture into this business because of the low cost of production as compared to dairy farming. Apart from that, the demand for eggs and chicken in this region is also high. I believe that with no time the business will have grown. There is hope of becoming self-employed and earning a better amount of money compared to what I used to get from casual jobs."
Nathan's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Nathan received a $545 initial payment.
"After my wife passed away, I was left to take care of the family myself. At first, it was scary and hard because I depended on manual jobs in the village. I decided to save money which took me some time and used it on starting up a business. The profits from this business have been sustaining us since then. The change that I enjoy at the moment is an increment in the stock of my business using GiveDirectly's money. With the profits from the business, I have been able to pay school fees for my children who are in secondary and college respectively with ease. I have also expanded my poultry project hence with the egg-laying chickens I get a doubled number of eggs in a day and sell to my neighbors"
Dama's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Dama received a $545 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to building a kitchen. I appreciate the fact that I no longer cook in my main house. I bought two goats and five chicken. I settled school arrears for my two children who are in primary school . I bought utensil and clothes for my children . I also bought food for the Christmas celebrations."
Paul's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Paul enrolled.
"I rely on milk production to meet my basic needs. Therefore, I am planning to buy an additional cow costing approximately 35,000 shillings. Also, I have identified a gap in poultry farming in my village given that there is no serious poultry farmer around. I will therefore leverage on this opportunity to spend approximately 30,000 shillings to start a serious poultry project of about 80 to 100 chicken."
Francis's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Francis enrolled.
"I am looking forward to a great future of financial freedom. There is a great need for chicken in my local market that I would like to exploit. I plan to establish a poultry project with my transfer. This way, I will be able to feed and educate my children."
Ednah's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Ednah received a $23 twenty-fourth payment.
"In the next four months, I am looking forward to buying a chicken wire. This is in a bid to improve my poultry keeping business. I currently have six chicken that have proven to be so much profitable to us as a family in terms of meeting the basic household needs. Improving the project shall make our lives even better going forward in enabling us meet the cost of the basic household needs without much stress. I plan to do this within the next four months since I have already paid school fees for this term and I shall have accomplished before next term begins."
Dominic's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Dominic received a $40 thirteenth payment.
"The only goal I have which I would want to achieve with these transfers is to continue boosting my business/project. I would want to have more chicken in the business by buying on a monthly basis with part of the transfers. I would also want to buy feeds too so that they can be healthy and help in making maximum profit from them. The profits will help me meet my needs easily and help me achieve my goal of being financially stable."
Elice's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Elice received a $23 twenty-fourth payment.
"My additional goal for the next four months is to be able to improve my poultry keeping project. I currently have nine chicken for rearing and I look forward to raising it to 30 within the next four months. Poultry keeping is one of the most viable projects that has always helped me meet the cost of the basic household commodities with much ease. Improving it will earn me more income for the family and lead to an improvement in our living standards. This shall be made possible with the help of these transfers."
Reuben's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Reuben received a $23 twenty-fourth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that I shall have my cow producing more milk and make more income. I also expect my poultry keeping project to be doing well since I have had additional chicken to keep. All these are diverse investments that are geared towards making my family to be more independent financially."
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