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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almost 9 years ago
Salome
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to cement both floor and walls of my house. I'm also planning to pay fees to my two children in high school."
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almost 9 years ago
Ibrahim
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to fence my home with a barbed wire. I'm also planning to pay school fees to my son in collage."
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almost 9 years ago
John
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to pay school fees for my children, and buy oxen for ploughing my farm."
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almost 9 years ago
Lillian
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to pay my son fees with a portion of the transfer. I'm also planning to buy some animals with the remaining portion."
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almost 9 years ago
Judith
received a $493 second payment.
"GiveDirectly gives grants while other NGOs give loans."
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almost 9 years ago
Nancy
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a spacious house because my current house is small in size. I'm also planning to furnish my house with the remaining amount."
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almost 9 years ago
Margaret
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a nice iron roofed house because my current house is too small. I'm also planning to cement both floor and roofing of the house."
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almost 9 years ago
Ezra
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked as a fisherman and saved my wages which I then used to buy a goat, I later sold the goat and got some profit."
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almost 9 years ago
Brian
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income, my earnings from fishing are meagre and can hardly cater for all my family's needs, we therefore have to be very careful with what we buy."
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almost 9 years ago
Sila
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income for myself, I currently hire a motorcycle from someone else and after paying him I am usually left with very little disposable income."
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