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.
Aaron's family
access_time 2 years ago
Aaron enrolled.
"There are series of challenges that my wife and I are currently facing but the major challenge for us is the lack of money. The means of survival for our household has been through hunting and farming. We earn money to sent our children to school from the hunting that I am involved with, the day I don't succeed from the hunting bush, things become very difficult for us, especially in terms of getting food for the children and getting their needs."
Josephine's family
access_time 2 years ago
Josephine enrolled.
"The means of survival for our household has been through farming and hunting. We get money to sent our children to school from the hunting that my husband does, the day he doesn't succeed from the hunting bush, things can become very difficult for us. We also get food for our family from the little farm that my husband and I make but the produce from the farm aren't always sufficient to take care of our home due to the number of household members. However, if I am successfully enrolled in to Give Directly's Cash transfer program, I want to use some of the money to pay our children school fees and if the remaining is still enough, we will used it to renovate our house because we haven't had money to change the roof of our house from thatch to zinc."
Beatrice's family
access_time 2 years ago
Beatrice received a $265 initial payment.
"I spent my most recent transferred to buy two bundle of roofing sheets costing a unit price of $13,500LD. I want to build my new house, And I used the remaining transfer to paid my children tuitions."
Comfort's family
access_time 2 years ago
Comfort received a $265 initial payment.
"I want to build a new house because my Old house is in a very bad condition. The thatch roof are all damaged. To start my new house project I used portion of my first transferred to buy one bundle of roofing sheets costing $20000 LD, The remaining money I used it to paid my mother medical bills."
Sophie's family
access_time 2 years ago
Sophie received a $265 initial payment.
"My life has improved since I started receiving transfer fund from Givedirectly. Before, to paid my children tuitions was a serious challenge for me due to lack of finance. Also I am a single mother with four children to care for. I have been wishing to build my own house but I couldnot succeed in doing it, Because I was face with serious financial difficulties. Now, that Give Directly have started sending me money my dream of building my own house will be achieved.I was able to buy two bundles of roofing sheets with portion of my first transferred and the remaining was used for my four children tuitions."
Nories's family
access_time 2 years ago
Nories enrolled.
"The continual threats from the board of the community financial saving where I borrowed cash from in May ,2018 because my spouse and I being unable to payback in full the amount borrowed is my main challenge faced with as of present. The fact that every little cash generated from the sale of palm nuts goes to our dept payment, my son school has discontinued and he is presently working on farm with us contrary to my previous plan to support him with his education. These are my challenges faced with at the moment."
Emmanuel's family
access_time 2 years ago
Emmanuel enrolled.
"The challenge I faced with is the lack of dwelling place for my family. I was born on March 15,1969 and I haven't been opportune to have my own house . Living with my spouse and children in people house is my challenge because I always received insults from relatives and other people whose houses I have been dwelling with my family."
Cecelia's family
access_time 2 years ago
Cecelia enrolled.
"My challenge is the sicknesses that my spouse and I faced with that we hardly do our farm work nowadays as a result of miserable living conditions ; continual living in delapetated structures for many years. I have no means to do hard work likewise my spouse because of our illnesses to accumulate finance and food for our family."
Princess's family
access_time 2 years ago
Princess enrolled.
"Being a mother of three children whom you didn't prepare for is a difficult situation. I became a full women thereby having a boyfriend to survive after the death of my loving mother in 2017 which resulted to my being a mother . A condition that led me to being a mother of three children. I paid a thousand Liberian dollars a month for where l am residing and I am forced to paid for a year every January 16 of every year . A situation that has hindered my living condition as it has resulted life being so difficult for my family and I. My challenge has been payment of rent for where l am residing including finding food for my children on a daily basis ."
Patience's family
access_time 2 years ago
Patience received a $279 second payment.
"The most recent transfer has not been cash out, the cash is still in the mobile money account."