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
Elias
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy cows and build a new house with my upcoming transfer, I am currently staying in rental houses I don't have a home of my own "
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Eunice
received a $491 second payment.
"GD benefits villagers through direct transfer to the recipient while other NGOs' benefit are channeled through administration."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Josphine
received a $491 second payment.
"Givedirectly improves the living standard of individual through provision of cash transfers and do not dictate what is to be done with the money also it is not a loan to be paid back."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Sophy
received a $491 second payment.
"GD is dealing with the recipients directly unlike other NGO who give us items through their agents who sometimes are not honest."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Rodgers
received a $98 initial payment.
"I want to spend my upcoming transfer to buy a plot of land that i will use to construct a home."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Eunice
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to invest in commercial rice farming when I receive this my upcoming second transfer since this is one of the lucrative investment in our area, that my make me have long term benefits over the Give Directly's transfers."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Mary
received a $98 initial payment.
"When I will receive my upcoming second transfer, I will educate my girl child by paying her school fees from her second to the forth year of her secondary education. I would be happy to see my child in a corporate job in the future."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Lilian
received a $491 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I managed to renovate my house which got burnt sometime back and I am no longer the laughing stock in the village."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Mary
received a $98 initial payment.
"When I receive my second transfer, I will spend on building a new house because my current house is old and small."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Pamela
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming transfer on building a bigger house because my current one is in a poor condition and smaller for my family size."
(Country: Kenya)
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