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.
Vero's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Vero received a $297 second payment.
"I added three bundles of zinc to the previous one that I bought with the first transfer and bought food for the workers and paid their workmanship. I also paid my daughter school fees. I am keeping the remaining one to use it anytime that I will need money."
Dianna's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Dianna received a $297 second payment.
"GiveDirectly have done something great because I could never afford such amount on my own within the period of four months. It has helped me a lot because I used to digged cassava and fix gari before having food for I and my children. Since I got this transfer I've been relax and happy."
Junior's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Junior received a $282 initial payment.
"I was very happy for the money and I was dancing all around my town because I received a huge amount that I didn't suffer for. Some people said that this money wasn't good and it was fake. Looking at my condition from my young age till now,I've been suffering but I thank God now that GiveDirectly is here to help me."
Sarah's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Sarah received a $297 second payment.
"When I cash out my money,I will buy goods to start my new business to enable me provide my family basic needs. I used the first transfer to register my children in school and bought all of their school materials like book bags,shoes,uniforms and copy books. My children are now in school and that brings joy to me."
Catherine's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Catherine received a $297 second payment.
"Building my new zinc house and purchase of food"
Beatrice's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Beatrice received a $282 initial payment.
"I spend my recent transfer to buy two bundles of zinc .I want to build house for my family and I to relocate . As I speak, my husband is now cutting stick in the bush to start building when the next transfer comes.To avoid sleeping on mat, I also paid for a thick 21 inches mattress for us to sleep on. Thanks to Givedirectly for making me a proud mummy. Through Givedirectly cash support, My worries for better living are all over."
Amos's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Amos received a $297 second payment.
"I used some of the money to pay my children school fees . Atleast I am free from worries about to handle school fees payment . Secondly, I paid for one lot of land in Buchanan to start building our house. I have purchased 25 steel rod and 12tensions wires to start constructing our house foundation when the next transfer comes. I really appreciate GiveDirectly for the cash support. I believe that with my transfer, my family and I lives will better."
Felecia's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Felecia received a $297 second payment.
"Givedirectly has done so much good things for me. They provide for my mother hospital bills and also paid my school fees. Givedirectly is really doing well. From the beginning of this program up to present they haven't change anything. Their polite manners and tender voices inspire me a lot. The only request i have for Givedirectly is, they should please open at least one mobile money center in yarpah town for us. With that, we won't be paying much transportation then our money won't be reduce."
Richeal's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Richeal received a $297 second payment.
"I will spend my second transfer on buying house materials to construct a new house on the land that my father bought in Cestos city. Since my father bought that land, he has not been able to build on it because of no money. It took him several years of saving to amount to the price of purchasing that land in Cestos city. This second transfer have give my family and I the chance of building our house in the city of Cestos. We will not have to pay for house rent in Cestos to go to school anymore and niether are we going to worry of house to sleep in when traveling back from Monrovia to home (River Cess County)."
Unice's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Unice received a $297 second payment.
"I will spend my second transfer on enrolling my 2 children in school and to buy building materials to start the construction of a new house. Life has been challenging for my husband and I after the illness of our youngest child. We spent all of our money in saved, including my business money to pay for our child medical treatment. Right now living in my parents house with my husband and kids seem too unbearable for us. Though my parents are not bordering us to leave. But I feel embarrasse and my husband too. We have struggled trying to have a house of our own. But all our efforts seem futile. All thanks to GiveDirectly that this second transfer will enable us to support our children in school and buy some building materials to construct a new house. A house where my husband and I can be at peace with ourselves and do not have to worry about paying school fees and living under my parents roof."