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
Maritha
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to renovate and expand my house, and buy furniture."
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over 8 years ago
Jack
received a $497 second payment.
"I'm currently in a position to obtain food unlike before. Besides, my children are schooling uninterrupted. "
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over 8 years ago
Moses
received a $497 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I feel relieved after paying school fees to my children."
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over 8 years ago
Josinter
received a $497 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a nice and stable roof. My former roof was too weak and was living in fear because it could be blown of any time by wind."
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over 8 years ago
Lilian
received a $497 second payment.
"GD is up to its promises. Most NGOs only write our doors but when help arrives they only help the influential people in the community."
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over 8 years ago
Isaiah
received a $496 second payment.
"GD sends transfers directly in time compared to other NGOs who do not send us transfers and are unreliable in their services."
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over 8 years ago
Macyline
received a $496 second payment.
"GD sends transfers to individuals and they are able to independently decide how to spend it based on their own immediate needs, while other NGOs give specific items that sometimes are not a priority to an individual."
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over 8 years ago
Peter
received a $496 second payment.
"GD is not corrupt while Other NGOs so corrupt because you realize other NGOs their support does not reach the community."
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over 8 years ago
Mary
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am not staying in a good house and therefore I will build a better house with half of the lumpsum payment and invest the remaining half in fish business."
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over 8 years ago
Eunice
received a $496 second payment.
"GiveDirectly doesn't have middlemen while other NGOs have a lot of middlemen."
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