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 3 years ago
Benjamin
enrolled.
"I will build a new house with the cash transfer. My current house is old and the thatches are leaking thereby causing my family and I not to sleep in peace when ever there is a sign of rain."
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almost 3 years ago
Assatu
enrolled.
"I will sent my spouse (Stephen Whea) to hospital for better medical treatment and build my house with the remaining money."
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almost 3 years ago
Apabio
enrolled.
"I will pay my children school fees and use portion of the money to buy cement and renovate my house and also build a kitchen for the house."
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almost 3 years ago
Tanue
received a $282 initial payment.
"Money has been our greatest obstacle in extending our cocoa nut farm. We have been very worry about getting money to pay our children tuition. Upon receiving the transfer, we used portion to settle our children's tuition and investmented the balance into farming activities."
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almost 3 years ago
Oretha
enrolled.
"My major challenge is to build my own house and also look for money to do business and support my children so they can be educated and independent."
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almost 3 years ago
Amina
enrolled.
"I am so grateful to GD for having enrolled me into the program as I believe that this money will help me buy enough fertilizers for the next growing season so that I harvest enough food and do not have to starve anymore"
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almost 3 years ago
Konah
received a $297 second payment.
"For me and my family I want GD to continue giving money to people inorder to built individual lives differently."
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almost 3 years ago
Stephen
received a $282 initial payment.
"I was never in the know when the money came on my phone, I was setting playing lulu game with some friends and community members when I saw people celebrating the money here !!! From that moment I try checking on my phone and I saw the massage from mobile money. I was so impressed and very happy to see this amount of money in cash on my phone, Because I been very sick for long time now so I used 50% of the money on my personal medication, 30% on food and 20% house hold materials.Right now my health condition getting better then ever before. Give Directly really did well inline with my wellbeing."
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almost 3 years ago
Zione
enrolled.
"Lack of income is my biggest challenge die to this am unable to have enough food and we tend to skip meals from time to time but with this transfer am so happy cause all this will be a story for the past"
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almost 3 years ago
Quoiqui
received a $297 second payment.
"I like really like the work GIVE Directly work by helping individual family to sustain themselves in many different ways. For me I used my money for my building project, other use their money for children school fees, food etc"
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