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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almost 6 years ago
Sharon
received a $254 initial payment.
"I expect my family life to be better. I am optimistic that my children will join University in the coming year. We also plan to work hard in our farm work and progress economically as a result."
(Campaign: UBI)
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almost 6 years ago
Roselidah
received a $23 fourth payment.
"My life is currently different in that I have enough to eat after I managed to buy fertilizer using the first amount. I have harvested enough produce."
(Campaign: UBI)
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almost 6 years ago
George
received a $23 fourth payment.
"My new goal is to construct a bit more spacious kiosk to expand my house."
(Campaign: UBI)
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almost 6 years ago
Richard
received a $236 initial payment.
"I do not have any new goal."
(Campaign: UBI)
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almost 6 years ago
John
received a $236 initial payment.
"I expect my life to have changed in the next six months because I will have bought a cow and will be enjoying an income in from chicken and farming investments that I made in using these transfers."
(Campaign: UBI)
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almost 6 years ago
Lilian
received a $236 initial payment.
"I am planning to start a grocery business and buy livestock with my next transfer. This will give me some security in terms of raising money for certain important needs such as school fees and food."
(Campaign: UBI)
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almost 6 years ago
Wiliter
received a $23 sixth payment.
"In the next six months I would expect to start a poultry farming so that I can get a reliable income through the sale of eggs."
(Campaign: UBI)
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almost 6 years ago
Wilkister
received a $236 initial payment.
"There was a day I went to fetch water in my neighbors house because she had an iron roofed house. She told me the last time she checked,it rained for everyone and that she did not see the point of me fetching water in her house. I felt so bad and bitter,and that is why in the next six months,I expect my life to have changed for the better with me having an iron roofed house like the others in the villages."
(Campaign: UBI)
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almost 6 years ago
Hillary
received a $236 initial payment.
"Had I not received the transfer from Give Directly I would not have executed the building of the kitchen (which is on the way) nor have planned to do farming as I plan to. The plans would have just remained for an unknown future date."
(Campaign: UBI)
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almost 6 years ago
Joyce
received a $236 initial payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have completed building my house and will be having a tea nursery."
(Campaign: UBI)
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