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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almost 5 years ago
Fatuma
received a $468 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that this money has brought happiness because I now have an iron sheet roofed house, giving me a break from the leaking grass thatched one."
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almost 5 years ago
Christine
received a $468 initial payment.
"The big difference in my life is that I have purchased materials that will enable me construct an iron roofed house for sleeping and doing business. Apparently I sleep in a grass thatched house which leaks but when I complete the construction, I will shift to a decent house."
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almost 5 years ago
Grace
received a $468 initial payment.
"I'm happy that I have secured building materials that I will use to put up a permanent structure and I won't have to sleep in a leaky house. when I occupy my house, I will be having peaceful nights and worry no more about rain. My entire life I never imagined I could sleep in a iron roofed house because I never had resources to build one. I want to extend my sincere thanks to GiveDirectly for tremendously change my standards of living."
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almost 5 years ago
Sam
received a $468 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is my ability to buy some building materials, pay off my debt and although it will be later, see to it that I will be able to have an iron roofed house. Prior to getting this transfer, I always depended on agriculture (on a very small piece of land) and casual labor that would not at any given time enable me to raise money to accomplish the above."
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almost 5 years ago
David
received a $468 initial payment.
"The moment I received this money, I was so happy and my spouse followed suit. We laughed and hugged each other because it was unbelievable to see our dream come true of constructing a iron roofed house."
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almost 5 years ago
Jennifer
received a $468 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is seeing my house complete which has given me every day happiness. I would have died without ever building an iron roofed house since I could never be in position to raise such big money to build. At this rate, I will now be relieved from the suffering I have been going through where by my former grass thatched house always leaked, was infested with rodents and insects, small and almost in the state of falling."
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almost 5 years ago
Monica
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"My new goal is to purchase iron sheets and put up an iron-roofed kitchen. My current one is grass thatched and to make matters worse, it is leaking. Besides, it weak and I am scared it can collapse any time which poses a risk to us given that we are still using it. I want to have a modern, nice, strong kitchen that will last longer and will not need repairs all the time."
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almost 5 years ago
Mary
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"My new goal is to purchase iron sheets and put up an iron-roofed kitchen. My current one is grass thatched and to make matters worse, it is leaking. Besides, it weak and I am scared it can collapse any time which poses a risk to us given that we are still using it. I want to have a modern, nice, strong kitchen that will last longer and will not need repairs all the time."
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almost 5 years ago
Raphael
enrolled.
"Receiving this money will enable me buy three calves that will act as savings to be sold anytime whenever i need schoolfees for my children. I also intend to build an iron roofed kitchen since the one we have is grass thatched and leaks in water whenever it rains"
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almost 5 years ago
Rose
received a $469 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness to have managed to pay school fees and begin building an iron sheet roofed house. I am now free of stress, unlike before. "
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