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.
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Jael's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Jael enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is buying a sewing machine from selling rice that I farm. "
Betha's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Betha enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is living as a widow with many children to support and no steady source of income. "
Eunice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Eunice enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is buying land and building my own house after the death of my husband. My husband died and left me without any land. "
Grace's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is the payment of school fees for my son through secondary school after his father's death. "
Margaret's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Margaret received a $497 second payment.
"l have hard a bout them but they have never supported me in any way but GD has really helped me."
Saline's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Saline received a $497 second payment.
"Other NGOs have those who are connecting us to their main office eat the biggest stake of what's meant for us, but GiveDirectly is dealing with us directly hence no chances of corruption."
Cyprian's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Cyprian received a $497 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that my income has increased from the shoe business which is improving my living standards. My life is changing since I started getting transfers."
Dorine's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Dorine enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have tried and managed to construct iron roofed house for our family. We managed to do this from the savings that we got from the sale of tomatoes."
James's family
access_time over 8 years ago
James enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I don't have a reliable source of income that can enable me support my family. I only depend on fishing as a major source of income."
Caroline's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Caroline enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a stable source of income to pay school fees for our children."