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.
Kache's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Kache enrolled.
"I have my son who completed secondary school in 2019 but I have been unable to take him to college. He applied for a teaching college and fortunately he received an admission letter last month which is due next month. I plan to use this money to take him to college. This has been my great ambition for my son."
Wayson's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Wayson enrolled.
"The challenge that I am currently facing in not having a stable source of income. I am currently relying on casual jobs to provide basic needs for my family."
Yassin's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Yassin received a $362 second payment.
"All the money that we recieved has gone to processing a passport so that my husband can go to South Africa to work. This will be our source of income and in such our home will develop."
George's family
access_time over 2 years ago
George received a $362 second payment.
"Everything that GiveDirectly does it does well. There was no room for fraud because the officers were the ones collecting names and also the ones actully enrolling us in to the programme which was great."
Lucy's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Lucy received a $362 second payment.
"I have bought 2 bags of fertilizer for my farming as well as rented a peice of land for farming. A bag of fertilizer cost alot and i usually buy small kgs which is never enough for my harvest so since the rainy season is coming soon i saw it fit to purchase the fertilizer to bumper my harvests. I have kept the remaing money with my local Village bank so that i can keep it with intrest. I plan to complete my house with the money next year."
Jumaa's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Jumaa enrolled.
"Receiving this money means an investment opportunity that will generate an income for me in the future. I am currently living with my wife in this household. I still do not have children. I am planning to use a total of 100,000 KES for the construction of a rental house at Midoina. The house will have 3 rooms. I will be renting the rooms to business people where I will be earning a total income of 9,000 KES per month. In the coming years, I will be having a bigger family. With this income , I will be able to meet the needs ( food, school fees, medical bills) of my family."
Mphatso's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Mphatso received a $362 second payment.
"I will use the latest transfer in starting a new business to add on the ones i had. I will buy a motorbike to use as a taxi."
Dancan's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Dancan received a $362 second payment.
"My goals have not changed from the ones i had prior to the arrival of these GD transfers. Shelter was something i have always wanted to have. A good house with iron sheets and i used my money to build the house"
Lima's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Lima received a $362 second payment.
"GiveDirectly is one of a kind organisation. Its staff make sure they enroll every person that fits the criteria and make sure that there is no fraud in this programme. For this and every process that the field officers do i would never want any change in how your organisation works"
Bonomali's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Bonomali received a $362 second payment.
"At the moment I do not have any new plans or goals. the goals that i had right before receiving the money from Givedirectly are still the same at the moment."