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.
Samson's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Samson received a $297 second payment.
"My new goal is to extend my building. The first house I was building is very small for my family and I. Due to that when I received the second payment I was able to extend the building to a bigger one."
Betty's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Betty received a $297 second payment.
"I'm planning to buy Motorcycle to start a new business. I'm also planning to buy more food items that will carry us for the whole month. So I'm keeping all my transfer so I can buy my motobike and food stuff . A was my dream to get a motorcycle. I am so grateful to givedirectly for making my dream come true."
William's family
access_time over 2 years ago
William received a $282 initial payment.
"The biggest difference is now I'm having my owned saving to the bank. Before than I never had saving, a was my dream to open my bank account with UBA. My dream has come to passed. I was able to paid my children school fees. So I'm grateful to Givedirectly that I was successful"
Janjay's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Janjay received a $282 initial payment.
"I was doing some work in my house when I heard people shooting, suddenly I ran out to inquire what the noise was for and I met a very good news on ground! Give Directly had just sent in our transfers, I joined them and we began to dance around."
Sarrah's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Sarrah enrolled.
""I plan to build a new house and used the balance to support my children in school to attain higher education"."
Grace's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Grace enrolled.
""My house is leaking and don't have cash to rennovate. I will used the cash transfer to build a new house and put my daughter in a better school.""
Sunzina's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Sunzina received a $297 second payment.
"Planning for things you do not have solutions for are like wasting your time for no reason. For this reason, I have never bothered about planning or thinking about anything of such before the coming of GiveDirectly cash transfer. I am a very poor woman. I don't have the time to plan for what will not get no matter how much I work and especially where I found myself. I was not even thinking that GiveDirectly was a truthful NGO that stands for the poor people until today I am seeing them sending cash all over my town to help us that are in need."
Morris's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Morris enrolled.
"My challenges is getting money to send my kids to school, so they they can help me in the future when I l am old. Next challenge is to have house where my children and myself can have of our own, and stop living with my parents. Lastly if there's still money, I will like to enlarging my cocoa farm."
Cinthea's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Cinthea received a $282 initial payment.
"I am with a child now. Living with my mother still is not going to be helpful for her because of the too much stress it is going to cause her. Even though we been living together, but I am having a family and my husband is also around. Life has not been easy for him which have a great effect on us as his family especially with a child . Therefore; for this reason I have decided if my transfer comes, I will have to build myself a new house for me and my family and also improve my business to a larger business to help me if my hands goes down financially. I have planned to buy zinc and pay people to start cutting the sticks to start my project and also go back to school to build myself a brighter and better future."
Anna's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Anna received a $282 initial payment.
"I have been living in a one room house and I am also a sickly old lady. For these reasons, I have planned to buy zinc to extend my house and attend to my health conditions with some of the money. I have strongly believe that putting a better roof over house and extending it will be a source of my happiness in life. I will also used some of my transfer to get my medical bills pay to get treatment because I want to stay healthy for the rest of old age in my new house."