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.
Nelly's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Nelly received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"I expect my life to have greatly improved because of several stable income sources. In addition to income from poultry, I will have a dairy cow that I will have acquired using the savings from transfers. I expect have made my home self reliant in terms of food acquisition and let my husband concentrate on longterm investments especially the children education."
Mary's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Mary received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I would like to have bought more chicken and constructed a perimeter fence around my poultry house. This will enable me to protect my chicken from predators. After adding more chicken I expect that the earnings would be much more and would start earning more. This will enable me to pay school fees for my children with less struggle."
Jackline's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Jackline received a $514 second payment.
"Owning the pair of oxen has made my life to be more different so far. I am so sure they help me in my farming activities because I currently do not have a farm I normally lease. I always hire the pair of oxen from my neighbours and sometimes do the tilling by myself when I fail to afford the fee. But with the air of oxen that I have, I will be able to plough at ease and to add on that I will be hiring t to my neighbors at a fee. This will be my major source of income since in my village there are few people who own the ox hence the demand is high."
William's family
access_time over 4 years ago
William received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"My expectation in the next six months is to have a permanent strategic plan for my unemployment. I want to start planting bananas and trees. I will be selling the seedlings to earn a living as I wait for the selected few mature ones. I want to start selling timber in the next few years. I also want to also start a poultry farm for my wife. She has an interest in poultry keeping. I know that with these activities, our living standards will improve for good."
Mourin's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Mourin received a $246 second payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have completed extended my house and staying in a nice spacious comfortable house."
Magdaline's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Magdaline received a $246 second payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have started saving for my project of plastering my house and staying buy a few plastering materials."
Kadze's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Kadze enrolled.
"The happiness of a parent is to see his or her children healthy. This has never been the case for me since I have been struggling to find proper medication for my child but this has been in vain. This has resulted to spending sleepless nights, thinking of what to do in order to find permanent solution to the health this health menace. The transfers I am about to receive will restore back my joy which I have lost for many years."
Esther's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Esther enrolled.
"I extracted my tooth 7years ago and during the process of extraction, there was a complication which affected my nerves. Since then, i have been having sleepless nights because of severe pains. I have been in and out hospitals seeking for medication but i haven't been successful in getting one. This is the biggest hardship i have faced."
Kadzo's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Kadzo received a $531 initial payment.
"I was woken by a message notification early in the morning that day, on checking to confirm the content of the message, I was shocked to realized that GiveDirectly had sent us money. I didn't believe my eyes, I felt so happy to receive such financial support."
Jackline's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Jackline received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"In the next four months, I believe I will have harvested the potatoes that are currently on my farm. I know they will do well which means I may get a good income out of it. I did all the procedures on times and used all the necessary inputs that's why the plants are doing so well. This will give me enough capital to start my own boutique. I have acquired a few skills in this field I had worked for someone. I know when I combine my profits and the money I get from GiveDirectly I will be able to come up with a big and more established boutique in this village"