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.
Monicah's family
access_time 7 years ago
Monicah received a $468 third payment.
"I spent most of my transfer to buy building materials like iron sheets and timber which I have used to build my new house. I also bought farm equipment and a bag of maize for my family's consumption." (Country: Kenya)
Eunice's family
access_time 7 years ago
Eunice received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been because using the transfers I have bought a cow and built a very big house which is well furnished things I could not have accomplished on my own." (Country: Kenya)
Patricia's family
access_time 7 years ago
Patricia received a $468 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on completing constructing my house which I had started building with the second transfer by fixing a steel door with four steel windows and smeared it too .Now I am happy since I have spacious decent house which I have dreamt of in my whole life . I also bought a sofa set seat and a table ." (Country: Kenya)
Catherine's family
access_time 7 years ago
Catherine received a $468 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on installing electricity in my home. Without electricity most of the projects I had in mind could not be implemented, an example is poultry keeping, a project that yields so well to those who conduct it. Use of electronics had also become a big challenge, as a result development growth has been greatly hindered. " (Country: Kenya)
Philip's family
access_time 7 years ago
Philip received a $468 third payment.
"When I received my third transfer, I built a semi-permanent house of 48 iron sheets. My former house was too tiny to enable us live more comfortably and this could violate even my privacy since I have children who are now too old to share a room with." (Country: Kenya)
Peter's family
access_time 7 years ago
Peter received a $468 third payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is having extended, repaired my house permament and constructed a pit latrine to promote sanitation and hygiene in my home.I never knew I would one time have a good life of peace and happiness.Thanks to GiveDirectly." (Country: Kenya)
Grace's family
access_time 7 years ago
Grace received a $485 third payment.
"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on buying building materials such as bricks sand and cements since I am planning to build a permanent house as the house I am staying in is made of mud." (Country: Kenya)
Lily's family
access_time 7 years ago
Lily received a $468 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on paying school fee for my two daughters in form one and form four respectively. My community values a lot educating a girl child as they are perceived as sources of wealth in the future. I therefore opted to give their education a first priority before anything else. I know I have invested my money in as they promise me good returns at the end of their education." (Country: Kenya)
Felix's family
access_time 7 years ago
Felix received a $468 third payment.
"My life has greatly changed with the transfers from GiveDirectly since I no longer squat in my parents' kitchen for lack of a house. " (Country: Kenya)
Gordon's family
access_time 7 years ago
Gordon received a $468 third payment.
"I spent the whole of my third transfer to build a spacious comfortable house, since l was staying in small uncomfortable house which was not accommodating with my family members." (Country: Kenya)
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