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.
Brown's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Brown received a $297 second payment.
"I can have planned to build my house with the money that Givedirect gave me"
Brokon's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Brokon received a $297 second payment.
"I will say Givedirectly transfer has been a great help to me especially for those of us who never had the financial strength to undertake a construction project additionally pay our children's tuition. They have done extremely well and today, I have bought zincs and sent my kids to school through their help."
Otis's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Otis enrolled.
""Since I came to my husband home we been living in his brother house if Im bless to receive the Give-Directly money transfer I will my own house ""
Moses's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Moses enrolled.
"My biggest challenge in life is that my body is always painful when ever I decided to do something to sustain my family."
Sarah's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Sarah enrolled.
""Financial difficulty is my challenge. It is difficult to make money to see my children going to school. I normally depend on farming to substain my family.""
Jacob's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Jacob enrolled.
"My greatest challenge is,I no longer have strength to to fen for my family. My wife do all the farming these days."
David's family
access_time over 2 years ago
David enrolled.
"My greatest challenge is that I have to always go in forest hunt or to make farm to send money to my children in pleebo and fish town to keep them in school."
Weldon's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Weldon received a $489 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the booming firewood business that has made our lives easier as its profit margin is lucrative at the moment. Buying firewood from the vendors at a wholesale price and reselling in smaller quantities has an attractive profit. Even though I started barely a month ago, it is so far doing well as I am still the only one running the business in the immediate neighborhood. I am thankful to GiveDirectly and I hope that this business will grow to enable us to initiate other projects that we had been hoping for."
Julius's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Julius received a $489 initial payment.
"I was working in the neighborhood offloading sand and gravel from the lorry that had just been brought to my neighbor whom I had been working in his farms for a wage. On such occasions, I normally keep my phone away in fear of dropping it or damaging it as the work involves lifting and throwing. At around 11 am when I was done, I reached out to my cellphone only to be greeted by a piece of great news - I had just received the promised amount from GiveDirectly. I was so excited that I had to call my wife to come over as I needed her to accompany me to the shopping center where we withdrew all the amount and came back home full of joy."
Isaac's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Isaac enrolled.
""To get money has been my major challenge. I have to beg ask my children and other people to help me with money. Currently my wife is not well and no money to even carry her to hospital.""