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
Victor
enrolled.
"I would like to buy a motorcycle for my boda boda business since it's a good investment plan that will earn me good profit. I will then be able to pay my rent arrears and also in advance. I will also clear the medical bills of my child that and get the document I left there as security when he was born and was unable to pay for bills. "
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over 5 years ago
Edwin
enrolled.
"First I will buy livestock because it is an asset and if they give birth I can even re-sell to sustain myself. Secondly, I will buy motorcycle so that I can use it to go look for work and even start motorcycle business by carrying passengers. Agribusiness is very important because you can't fail and it's profit is very high and that is why I have stated my priorities that way"
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over 5 years ago
Maurine
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was the demise of my husband about a month ago. He was diagnosed with malignant epilepsy and had been severely ill for the last three years. Soon after his condition began, we lost a provider. He was our breadwinner. He lost his job as a motorcycle driver and repercussions were dire. I had to overwork myself to provide for the family and it has been so hard to fit into his shoes after the bereavement. "
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over 5 years ago
Millicent
received a $545 initial payment.
"My life has greatly changed because I am now living in a better house, I don't have to move to the corners of my house when it rains to avoid the leaking areas."
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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over 5 years ago
Stephen
received a $441 second payment.
"My life is differnet in that I'm now independent not like before when I used to depend on my parents"
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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over 5 years ago
Joseph
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is when my son got accident with a motorcycle and even lost one of the hands and I didn't have even a single coin for his treatment, this made me to sell everything even my bed thus left me a very poor man. "
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over 5 years ago
William
received a $23 eighth payment.
"I hope to save some of these transfers so that I can buy a goat as a way of investing part of the money."
(Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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over 5 years ago
Ann
received a $441 second payment.
"In my opinion, givedirectly has done well giving us money to build houses, buy livestock, motorcycles and even marry wives for our sons; and don't see anything it hasn't done well. "
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over 5 years ago
Debrah
received a $441 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to buy a second hand taxi motorcycle, bought clothes for the children, and paid medical treatment."
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over 5 years ago
Bosco
received a $440 second payment.
"I now have a new motorcycle that I never had"
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