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.
Weldon's family
access_time 5 years ago
Weldon enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to start up my own poultry farm.It is something that I have always desired to do but I have not had the ability to due to high start up costs.With this money,I will first build a poultry house,buy chicken and thereafter a good supply of feeds.With the remainder,I will save up and eventually buy a heifer"
Lilian's family
access_time 5 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."
Julius's family
access_time 5 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."
Caroline's family
access_time 5 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."
Christine's family
access_time 5 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. "
Purity's family
access_time over 5 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."
Dorcus's family
access_time over 5 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."
George's family
access_time over 5 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."
Moses's family
access_time over 5 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."
Caren's family
access_time over 5 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."
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