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
Rose
received a $475 third payment.
"My life is different in that I do not ask anybody for anything, I no longer work for people for wages"
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Dorothy
received a $475 third payment.
"Yes,my new goal is to plaster my house and build my son a house."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Phoebe
received a $475 third payment.
"I have a new goal of buying oxen for tilling my farms. I didn't have this goal before receiving the transfer"
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Josephine
received a $475 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer to plaster my house. So i spent 6500 KES to buy six tonnes of sand,seven bags of cement that cost me 4900 KES,murram at 3500 KES,i paid 3500 KES for the plastering.I bought furniture worth 14000 KES,and spent 8000 KES to apply for a driving licence for my husband. I spent the remaining to buy food."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Ros
received a $475 third payment.
"My crops used to be destroyed by animals anytime i planted so i spent my third transfer to buy poles and barbed wire that i used to fence it."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Grace
received a $475 third payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I've built a house, paid school fees and bought a cow. I'm no-longer the poor woman people knew in this village. Thank you Givedirectly for uplifting me."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Peninah
received a $474 third payment.
"Yes,my new goal is to start a business and put up a kindergarten school."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Monica
received a $475 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never recieved the transfer since I have managed to build a big house,bought some cattle and invested in my business which is currently doing well."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Robert
received a $475 third payment.
"I spent my third cash transfer to buy a cow worth 26000KES,sheep 9200KES,hens 1800KES,chairs 2800KES,build a toilet worth 4700KES,invested 2000KES in business,food 1700KES."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Gorrety
received a $475 third payment.
"My new goals are to expand farming so that I may increase my harvest, start a small business that can sustain my family and connect my home to electricity supply."
(Country: Kenya)
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