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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over 7 years ago
Wilfridah
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming transfer on renovatig my house, paying school fees and I would also like to build a new latrine"
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Barack
received a $491 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I managed to purchase a bicycle and as a casual labourer, right now I go to far off place very fast and also save atleast 100KES used on transport everyday."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Consolata
received a $98 initial payment.
"My current house is pathetic and leaking and therefore receiving this second transfer will be a liberation to my life."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Bethline
received a $491 second payment.
"GiveDirectly gives out cash transfers and allows the recepient to use it with no limits unlike other NGOs where the recepient benefits from a specific thing which she might already have."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Lawrence
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming transfer on renovating my house and putting up a business that will bring me income"
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Irenea
received a $98 initial payment.
"If i get the upcoming transfer i want to construct a kitchen and a cow shed as at the moment my cows spend outside which is not safe."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Caroline
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning that when I will receive this my upcoming second transfer, I will build a new house since I am afraid of the one we are currently living in since it is weak and may collapse on us. The rest of the transfer would help me expand my general shop."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Benard
received a $491 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I no longer worry about rainy days anymore because now I live in a bigger, iron sheet roofed house and my family, including myself are happy because we no longer have to seek for shelter whenever it rains, I used to live in a grass thatched house which was small, leaking, dusty and almost falling down."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Alphonce
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming transfer on renovating my house, paying school fees for my children and I would also like to start up a shop business that will bring me some income"
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Peter
received a $98 initial payment.
"When i get the upcoming transfer,I will pay fee for my last born son who is joining secondary school. The remaining i will use to construct the new house i have prepared the timber for."
(Country: Kenya)
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