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 8 years ago
Jael
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is buying a sewing machine from selling rice that I farm. "
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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. "
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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. "
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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. "
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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