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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6 years ago
Kefa
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is lack of beddings (such as mattress and blankets) as I sleep in the cold during chilly nights."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Hillary
received a $22 initial payment.
"My life is currently better than it was before the transfer. I have expanded my poultry business using the transfer; I able to generate more income than I used to."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Roseline
enrolled.
"My proudest achievent was in the year 2014 when i built my own homestead as it brought about a lot of freedom to me and my family."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Salome
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is the ill mental health of my husband that leaves the whole responsibility of the family on my head."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
William
received a $22 initial payment.
"My life is currently different from how it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I managed to reduced the fee balance which had piled while in high school ; it could not have been the case right now."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Lilian
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough food. In my village we don't have fertile soils so whenever we till the land we usually get to harvest very little. This often means that we have to really struggle to obtain food."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Jane
received a $22 initial payment.
"My life is currently different than it was previously. I am happy because I can even get a loan with assurance that I will pay it without fail. The transfers have given me the freedom and assurance to repay should I need a loan."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Joel
received a $22 initial payment.
"I am no longer stressed since I received these payments from Give Directly. Now I can easily buy chemicals for spraying my tomato crops and am assured of good harvest since I can control diseases easily."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Faith
received a $22 initial payment.
"We want to start sheep business where we rear and sell sheep for a profit. it will be a source of income for us."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Vincent
received a $22 initial payment.
"I have increased work to do.I have started participating in a table banking group to save .i now have savings"
(Campaign: UBI)
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