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 5 years ago
Quinter
received a $45 fourth payment.
"I expect to be making my own money from the business that I am planning to start so that I can be independent and not rely on my husband for everything like I did four months ago."
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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over 5 years ago
Juventine
received a $448 second payment.
"In my opinion, givedirectly has done well changing people's lives by giving them money to acquire household items, built houses, motorcycles and livestock; and I don't see anything it hasn't done well. "
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over 5 years ago
Lilian
received a $543 initial payment.
"For the last six months, I have been struggling to finish my new house which I started and did not have enough money to do the finishing. When I received the transfer, I was able to buy iron sheets, nails and timber which I used to finish constructing the house. This makes very happy."
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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over 5 years ago
Nabirye
received a $448 second payment.
"It has made me own a home which has given me a lot of happiness making me stress free."
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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over 5 years ago
Otukal
received a $466 initial payment.
"That day I heard a mobile money message at 2:00 am. I became so happy that I could not sleep anymore. I was awake till sun rise."
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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over 5 years ago
Rose
received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have started saving to pay for my child school fee, as she join secondary school."
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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over 5 years ago
Stella
received a $466 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I feel much more happier because previously I did not have the money to complete my house."
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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over 5 years ago
James
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will build a house for my family and the balance i will buy a motorcycle for transport business."
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over 5 years ago
Nabirye
received a $449 second payment.
"I now have a plot of land which I didn't have. I'm filled with joy yet I used to be a miserable poor woman. I have a shop of my own which I didn't have before GD enrolling me."
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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over 5 years ago
Paul
received a $23 eighth payment.
"I have been able to repay the loan that I used to buy the motorcycle thereby leaving me with more cash to use within the household."
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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