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.
Quinter's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Quinter received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend it on house extension and buy one cow."
David's family
access_time over 8 years ago
David received a $99 initial payment.
"I want to use the transfer as capital to start a small business for selling plastic items."
Carrolyn's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Carrolyn received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build an iron-roofed house for my son and pay dowry using the remaining part of it."
Elida's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Elida received a $99 initial payment.
"I will renovate my house, buy a cow and pay school fees for my son using my upcoming lumpsum payment."
Judith's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Judith received a $496 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have chairs for my visitors."
Alice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Alice received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build a kitchen, expand my main house, add more chairs and tables and pay school for my children using the rest of the remaining part of this upcoming lumpsum payment."
Lukio's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Lukio received a $496 second payment.
"GiveDirectly gives grants while other NGOs give material things."
Andrew's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Andrew received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy two cows to pay my wife's dowry, to farm on a piece of land i bought earlier and to plant 2000 trees as an investment for the future."
Carroline's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Carroline received a $496 second payment.
"Other NGOs sometimes just do census in villages and never come back to complete their projects while GD ensures that after the census they come back to enroll those whom they are going to help and they definitely receive the help promised."
Eddah's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Eddah received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to pay for a piece of land with the whole transfer."