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 5 years ago
Emmanuel
enrolled.
"Receiving this money is going to enable be a skilled person in future. I finnished my O level certificate 4 years ago and my parents were not able to push me to the next level, I have been trying to do some agriculture to raise tuition but it is not easy, so am going to use part of the money book myself a place in College and pursue a course in mechanics and the rest of the money, I will use it to put up an investment to boost my Education."
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over 5 years ago
Joseph
received a $22 fourteenth payment.
"I do not have any plans at the moment. My main goals are to ensure my children get quality education and they don't get distracted in school. I do not want them to stay out of class due to lack of fees. I have a feeling that if I start other projects then I might affect my ability to school them."
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over 5 years ago
Sharon
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will finally be able to own my own dairy cow.For a long time now,I have been keeping one cow that belongs to my husband's parents.Sometimes we have issues with his brothers as to why we were given that cow and I have always wished that God opens a way so that I can buy mine.I believe this is an answered prayer.My family will have a constant supply of milk as well as proceeds from the milk and offspring from it will help me with my children's education."
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over 5 years ago
Grace
received a $543 initial payment.
"Paying school fee is an investment which every parent wish to make on their children in their life. Education has been and is still the backbone of every development and more so among the big agendas in this country. Having made to prioritize this school fees payment in our budget which we have seen it working is indeed the biggest difference in our daily life. No more struggles to look for school fees so that I may send my children back to school but I am counting the problem solved now since I have paid for the two terms ahead."
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over 5 years ago
Christine
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship faced in my life is inadequate funds for paying school fees for the children. I have four children studying, one is in primary, two persuing secondary education and one is in university. I have been struggling with loans in order to keep them at school."
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over 5 years ago
Faith
received a $198 initial payment.
"Before GiveDirectly came, I was a college drop out where I was studying hairdressing and beauty due to lack of college fees because my parents who were supporting me had financial constraints hence pursue my education wasn't a priority. My new goal is to used part of GiveDirectly's transfers for my education."
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over 5 years ago
James
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of enough money to cover all the basic needs of the home. This basic needs include proper medical care, good education for the children and proper feeding."
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over 5 years ago
Sidi
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to renovate my house by repairing the dilapidated roof and walls, this will ensure my house still stands strong throughout this rainy season. Secondly, I will partly pay for my son's education in secondary school because I want him to concentrate on his studies and get good grades that will enable him join university as a Government sponsored student. Lastly, I will invest in goats that I can be able to sell whenever there is a financial emergency."
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over 5 years ago
Mariam
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money. This is has caused our family not to be happy because there is no money to afford household basic needs like proper medical care, education and proper feeding."
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over 5 years ago
Micheal
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is inadequate funds for providing basic needs to my children like education,food and medication since I have six school going children. "
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