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.
Thomas's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Thomas received a $11 initial payment.
Mwenda's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Mwenda received a $11 initial payment.
Kenga's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Kenga received a $27 second payment.
Salia's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Salia received a $297 second payment.
"Give Directly is helping us greatly to empower ourselves in society through the tansfer and I feel very happy because my wife is now managing her own business and we will soon start our house project."
Matthew's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Matthew enrolled.
"If I'm successful to receive money from GIVEDIRECTLY i will build a better house and take my two kids who are sick with epilepsy to get better treatment, because they are my future investment."
Momo's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Momo received a $297 second payment.
"Givedirectly has done well by empowering me financially. In a short distance future, I will own a shop for myself. GD has transformed my life. I will forever remain great ful to GD for this gesture."
Elida's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Elida enrolled.
"If i receive this money, i will be very happy. This is because, i have never seen anything like this. I will be very happy because this money will change our lives. I will buy matress, expand my pop corn business and buy a goat."
Famatta's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Famatta received a $297 second payment.
"Yes, I have new goals. My new goals are to become a successful business woman and to construct my own building."
Mwenda's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Mwenda enrolled.
"I have challenges getting food as currently we can not practice farming. I use to be a subsistence farmer but because of the unfavorable climatic conditions of this year, I have been forced to try my hands on charcoal burning. But still, there's a challenge. My old age makes it hard for me to fully do this as I'm slow and do not have a lot of energy. Most of the time we try to do this with my cowife but still, we can't make enough to take us for longer than a week."
Nyevu's family
access_time almost 3 years ago
Nyevu enrolled.
"I would like to take care of my sleeping place by buying a bed and a mattress because I don't have a proper ones. What I'm using currently is a traditional bed made from ropes and pieces of wood but it's also old in a way that causes discomfort. Sometimes the old pieces of wood pinches my body as I also don't have a mattress to use on top of it."