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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7 years ago
Mary
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is living in a clean place free of dust. Dust related infections that we were were prone to has also gone down after plastering the floors."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Stephen
received a $97 initial payment.
"The moment when I received this money I was over exited I prayed and thanked God."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Donata
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is having my certificate thus it easy to look for a job while I await to join college."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Helida
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that am no longer being rained on as before now that I have a decent house. I also managed to admit my child into high school easily without much struggle financially as it would have been were not for GiveDirectly."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Simon
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now very busy and not idle like I was before because I now spend most of my time tending to my livestock and my rice field so I have little time to laze about."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Paul
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have my own farm that I attend to everyday, and I know I will be able to get some good income when I harvest. Thanks to GiveDirectly for the money. I know I will make more money than even the transfers I received through their transfers. I could have never been to this level. "
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Everlyne
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I feel content and fulfilled because using the transfer I was able to complete my college education and now I am a certified ECD teacher."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Rosemary
received a $97 initial payment.
"I felt very happy because despite dry session I was still able to afford food."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Eunice
received a $97 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I felt very happy-I knew that all that I had been dreaming of would inevitably come to true and with the first one being having my own house."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Monica
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now much happier and content because the house that I had wanted to build for a longtime I was finally able to build."
(Country: Kenya)
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