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
Leonora
received a $468 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building two iron roofed houses with the whole amount."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Christine
received a $468 third payment.
"I spent the transfer on paying school fees 20000 KES, bought a cow 20000 KES, bought 1 goat 5000 KES and used balance on daily meals."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Kenedy
received a $468 third payment.
"In my opinion,GiveDirectly was very transparent with us and they deliver just as they promised and nothing else."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Cynthia
received a $468 third payment.
"I spent most of the third transfer plaster and paint my house since it has been my dream of staying in a nice plastered house. l also spent the remaining balance to pay school fee for two children who are in secondary school."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Christopher
received a $468 third payment.
"GiveDirectly brought alot of development in our community through cash transfers and it increased self employment as recipients started their own businesses. I have not see anything they did not do well."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Collins
received a $468 third payment.
"Mylife really changed and my siblings even went to school when i had thought they would not go to school."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Monica
received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different in that I have reliable sources of income from my retail shop and car wash. Besides, I have new bedding and enjoy my sleep unlike the days when I was sleeping on some thin old mattress."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Pitalis
received a $468 third payment.
"In my opinion Give Directly did well in transforming people's live by giving them nonrefundable transfer, where by one does not need to strangle so much to return back the money."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
James
received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I now have a very decent house that doesn't leak as the previous. I also no longer ask neighbours for clothes and shoes when going for a journey."
(Country: Kenya)
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7 years ago
Samson
received a $468 third payment.
"When I received my third transfer, I built a semi-permanent house of 20 iron sheets. Before then I was homeless-sleeping with my mother under the same roof of a very tiny house which was very embarrassing to us. I am glad that this is no longer the same."
(Country: Kenya)
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