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.
Kadii's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Kadii received a $495 initial payment.
"It was around 9 o'clock, I was in the house preparing breakfast for my husband and I. My kids had gone to school so I was at home with my spouse preparing to go to the bush for my charcoal burning activity. I checked my phone and I realized that there is a Mpesa message indicating that I had received my transfer. I told my spouse about the transfer and we together celebrated receiving our transfer. I had to change the plan of the day to go and withdraw the cash since we had already planned for it."
Changawa's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Changawa received a $495 initial payment.
"It was exactly 9 o'clock I was at my house brushing my teeth preparing for my daily work of charcoal burning. I heard a message notification on my phone, I was eager to know the content of the message since I was not expecting any message at that time. After verifying, I discovered that I had received my transfer. I immediately informed my spouse and the children about the good news. We felt very happy for receiving our transfer. I had a lot of needs to attend to however, I lacked finances."
Tenneh's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Tenneh enrolled.
""What I plan to do with my cash transfer is to sponsor my daughter in school, then the balance of the money will be placed into fish business; the earnings I can generate from my little cassava farm isn't enough to meet up with these demands. We are two on one man, when he hustles, whatever he gets he divides it into two, and my portion is too little to do much, so, GiveDirectly coming in to help will surely be a blessing to us.""
Zoe's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Zoe enrolled.
""What I plan to do with my cash transfer is to recondition my house, I choose to recondition my house so that I can have a decent place to lie my head, and so that my grandchildren can have sleeping space whenever they come to visit me. Since my husband died, things had not been easy on me, I can't do any farm work right now due to my age, so I survive only by the palm brooms that I make and sell, but my earning is not sufficient to feed me and carry on my project."."
Zechariah's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Zechariah enrolled.
"I'm faced with a long standing illness that gradually led to operation in 2012. Thereafter my condition seems to be improving untill 2019, atfer completing the building of my hut I was rushed to the hospital in Cestor where I went under another surgery. Up to now I'm still facing pain in my stomach. The financial cost attach to my illness is very high, friends and family have given me credit that I'm unable to pay back up to this day. The added responsibility as a father is not easy for me. Paying children school fees , providing food and shelter for them is a real challenge."
Richard's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Richard enrolled.
"I came in this village 2011 and it was in that same year that I built my house. For the past two years my house has started falling apart. When I received this money from GiveDirectly, I will break down my house and built a better one with Zinc on top because right now I'm using thatch as a roof. I will than invest some of the money in business and the rest of the money will be save for future purposes."
Massa's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Massa enrolled.
"My challenge now is finance to buy materials for my house construction. Could you imagine, I have 5 children here now 2 of them are Twin and they just turned 1 year 3 months old and have not walk. Taking care of them and at the same time working on the farm is challenging. If the finance is available, I will hire people to do the labor work on the farm while I take care of the kids."
Tabsabei's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Tabsabei received a $495 initial payment.
"I was at home relaxing when my helper came to me singing happily and informed me that GiveDirectly had finally sent the promised money and my heart was filled with joy from hearing this. My spouse was sick and needed urgent medication and with this money at my disposal, I knew that he would finally get the required medical attention. I am happy that he has enough medicine to last him till the end of the month and I am grateful to GiveDirectly for making this possible."
Annah's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Annah received a $495 initial payment.
"As a widow, I shoulder all the responsibilities of my household, and paying school fees for my children on time had been a challenge to me since my business of making Githeri and Uji at home and selling them in our neighboring market is not reliable. Because of this, my children are often out of school due to fee arrears and I am happy that they will be able to concentrate on their studies this year without worrying about anything as I was able to pay their school fees using part of the transfer. This has given me peace of mind and allowed me to save some money that I can later use in paying their school fees when they proceed to their next class."
Rebecca's family
access_time over 2 years ago
Rebecca received a $495 initial payment.
"Buying milk has been my routine and I usually end up spending up to KES 3000 monthly on them. As a businesswoman whose business has not picked up well, getting such an amount to spend on milk alone has been a challenge, and my family at times has to take tea without milk. Upon receiving my transfer, I spent KES 35000 to buy a dairy cow as it will enable me to save the money I would have spent on milk when it calves and I am so happy about this. In addition, I spent KES 15000 to expand my business by buying more stock. I settled on this as it is my main source of income that enables me to meet our daily needs on time. Using the remaining KES 4700, I bought one sack of maize for our consumption."