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. Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
George's family
access_time over 2 years ago
George received a $284 initial payment.
"When I received my transfer message on my phone, I was very much amazed. Since I started my house project 5 years ago, I couldn't complete the project due to lack of enough cash. As a fisherman, My earnings from the fishing activities was never enough to complete my house. Henceforth, with this transfer from GiveDirectly I am planning to complete my long awaited project. With a heart of gratitude, I am saying thanks to GD."
James's family
access_time over 2 years ago
James received an initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my life since I started receiving payment from GiveDirectly, I am now a proud and happy father seeing my kids happily going to bed to sleep on their new mattresses. For the passed years seeing my family sleeping on mats and as a father who is jobless, was one of the saddest moment of my life. Helpfully, with GiveDirectly transfer I bought three mattresses for the family. Moreover, I bought fishing net to start a fishing business that will help to improve the livelihood of my family and I. GiveDirectly bought total financial freedom for my family and I."
Christian's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Christian received a $284 initial payment.
"I am a fisherman. I came from fishing one evening when I turned my phone on, right away a massage came in my phone. I opened it and noticed that it was GiveDirectly cash transfer message. The huge amount of money that I saw was very strange for me because it was my first time seeing such money. I was so much happy to see such amount of money because I been thinking about how to pay my wife's school fees, but this money from Givedirectly came in the rightful time and it has help me a lot to pay her tuitions."
Harriet's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Harriet received a $284 initial payment.
"Even though I had one source of income from fishing, GiveDirectly's transfer has positively transitioned my entire life. I am able to gather enough food for my household. I am also able to improve my business by purchasing more goods and also I am finally able to initiate my building project. All of the above achievements has been the biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving transfer from GiveDirectly."
Oretha's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Oretha enrolled.
""Everytime my children go at the swam to fishing and bring home fish to cook and eat, I get happy and it gives me joy for the future.""
Mapenzi's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Mapenzi enrolled.
"The biggest challenge I am facing is lack of money to attend to my family's basic needs such as food and clothing. This is because both my husband and I are jobless and we only rely on my father-in-law's fishing occupation to survive. Sometimes we go without food for several days because we lack money to buy food."
Foleni's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Foleni enrolled.
"Receiving this money from GiveDirectly means food security for my family. I have been relying on fishing for over a decade now to feed my family. The drought that lasted for over 2 years in my village rendered the river dry hence I could no longer get the fish. This has made it difficult for me to buy enough food for my family. I am planning to use 48,000KES to buy enough food for my family. We consume four bales of maize flour in a month. With 48,000KES, I can buy a total of 48 bales of maize flour each valued at 1,000KES which are enough to sustain my family for a whole year. I will further use 30,000KES to buy two beds and two mattresses for my family of eight. This will ensure I get a nice sleep after long-day struggles to make ends meet."
Zawadi's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Zawadi enrolled.
"My husband relies on fishing for our livelihood. He gets between 150KES-200KES a day which gets exhausted in supplying food for our family of eight children.I have been longing to start keeping goats since we have a vast land of thicket where they can easily graze. The coming of GiveDirectly transfers will aid me get a goat each month for six months. Once multiplied, the goats will support me pay school for my children."
Hannah's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Hannah received a $299 second payment.
"RE: Before givedirectly could come i wished to somedays build my own house, but never taught of it becoming a reality especially not this early. Presently my mission is to build a house, so right now i am about to purchase some zinc for the fulfilment of my dream. Before givedirectly could come, my spouse could go fishing while i could dry the fish afterwards and sale it for our family up keep."
Samuel's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Samuel received a $299 second payment.
"RE: I am a fisherman but life was very unbearable for me and my family as a fisherman, because i could bearly own a fiting net to fish with, i even had to be using people old and unwanted net to fishing just to survive with my family. Since givedirectly came in this my village and started giving us money, my life has improve beyond imagination. Today as I speak, i now own my personal Canon and as well as nets. My next biggest dreams are to change my house from mat house to zinc house and set up my own little shop to substant me and my family before the end of givedirectly transfer program."
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