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.
David's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
David enrolled.
"I wake up go open my business at around six in the morning and i close at ten in the evening,if business is abit down and there is water shortage i can go visit friends and watch a movie back home."
James's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
James enrolled.
"I wake up and take breakfast in the morning, then I go to my place of work, where I sell water to the community. In the evening, I go back to my house, take bath then I sleep. When I am not at work, I wash clothes, arrange my house and then visit friends and relax with them."
Isaac's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Isaac enrolled.
"My top concern is security because I always want to keep my mother safe so that she can be able to see me grow into the man she wants me to be, and also because she's ageing and her overall safety is important to me. My second concern is poverty and unemployment, when one has no job then they can not afford the daily basic needs and that's something to worry about. Thirdly am concerned about my health and also my mother's, I live in an area where water and sanitation is a crisis and water borne diseases like cholera are prone and I wouldn't want to have sanitation related health problems."
Anna's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Anna received a $545 initial payment.
"I used the cash to pay school fees for my son who had a deficit of 20000 KES. I also managed to dig a well that will generate water for me in the near future. The rest of the cash went into buying three sheep that I will rear within my compound and I know they will give multiply in the near future."
Jenipher's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Jenipher enrolled.
"I want one day to be able to give back to the community,by helping widows,widowers and orphans, construct a water point for them for easier assessibility. I would want to build a school in the rural areas and even have a feeding program for them. I would like to construct a clinic also in the rural area since there is lack of such amenities. I would want to get a Field also for people to engage in sports and other recreational activities, especially to have a place for children to play after school"
Chepkirui's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Chepkirui enrolled.
"I am really greatful to Give directly. This money means slot to me because I will be able to buy a cow so that I get my own milk. This place being a dry area, I will buy a tank to collect rain water so that I don't strain fetching water from the dam far away. "
Racho's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Racho received a $45 third payment.
"I am planning to save the money and some of my profits so that I can purchase a few household items such as seats and water storage equipment."
Marceline's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Marceline received a $545 initial payment.
"I spent my transfer on buying a generator worth 26,000KES because we did not have one and I have been longing to buy one because it helps in sprinkling water in our tomato farm.I also bought a few household items like cushions and blankets because we did not have enough."
Berita's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Berita enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that my household will be able to afford constructing an iron roof house. This will not only provide shelter but also help our household harvest rain water."
Janet's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Janet received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months I would expect to have bought a water tank and won't be travelling far to fetch water for use."
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