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.
Carren's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Carren received a $494 second payment.
"GiveDirectly gives cash while other NGOs help only children."
Caren's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Caren received a $494 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have my child in school now since I paid school fees."
Clare's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Clare enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I dont have a reliable source of income."
Agnes's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Agnes received a $494 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have good income from my business hence my children eat well."
Julie's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Julie received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming lump sum payment on extending my house and building a separate hut for my sons who are now grown."
Newton's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Newton enrolled.
"I would say,my biggest hardship is that for the last three years,I have been using a hand hoe to cultivate my farm and this has been a bit difficult for me because my age cannot allow me to bend for long.I have also been surviving on loan to pay school fees."
Awino's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Awino enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I own a restaurant that is generating some income for my family and I'm sure of getting my daily bread from it."
Ruth's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Ruth enrolled.
"Looking back,I would say that I am proudest that I managed to save some money and enrolled my younger brother in teachers collage."
Rose's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of finances to buy farm equipments that can enable me cultivate my farm inorder to produce food."
Rose's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I work hard to feed my children and we do not beg for food and clothes."