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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.
Nelson's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Nelson received a $22 twentieth payment.
"In the next few months, I will be going back to school and receiving this transfer would enable me to pay for my accommodation. Again, the crops which I had managed to plant with part of the transfer from Give Directly will be ready for harvesting. This would enable me to raise money for paying for my school accommodation fees and also buy a sheep for rearing. Having a sheep will be a great achievement as this would enable me to have more livestock in future as it reproduces."
Amina's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Amina received a $39 eleventh payment.
"I have been saving most of my monthly transfers in our table banking group with plans of saving enough as a group to buy a piece of land that we can then subdivide amongst ourselves as members. This has been the reason I have not yet had much visible difference in my life yet, but I am happy because I have hopes of owning a plot after this project which will be the biggest achievement in my life considering the fact that I have never owned a property before and has always lived in a rental house. I have also been able to contribute towards the household requirements using the little money I usually have left after making the monthly savings in our table baning group even though I have no source of income at the moment which would not be possible without the transfers."
Brenda's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Brenda received a $22 twentieth payment.
"In the next six months, I have great expectations that I will have completed the establishe=ment of both the chicken coop and also I will have brought in the chicks. The current plans that I have put in place are clear indications that the project will be completed then."
Mercy's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Mercy received a $22 twentieth payment.
"In the next six months, it is my expectation that I will have completed the new house I am planning to construct and my children will be enjoying the comfort of a free space where they can comfortably study in and later their sleeping place too."
Sally's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Sally received a $22 twentieth payment.
"Although I have a lot of expectations, some seem to be far fetched. in the next six months, I have great hope that I will have accomplished the reestablishment of the poultry project and on the other side improved my farming since the two projects will soon be running simultaneously."
Mercy's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Mercy received a $22 twentieth payment.
"I expect to have improved my life by buying sheep. I want to save money every month. I will rear the sheep and allow it to multiply. I hope to use this investment to start a shop business. In really looking forward to a better life in the future."
Mercy's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Mercy received a $22 twentieth payment.
"I expect to have completed my home improvement. I will have plastered the floor of the main house. I will also have bought a dairy cow. I will sell the two that I have, on this project I will not have to use the transfers . The transfers will help me to establish a fodder crop for my livestock. I will spend the money on growing Napier grass to ensure that I can feed my cattle sufficiently. In the next six months, I will have half an acre farm of Napier grass and other fodder crops."
Helida's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Helida received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have done the memorial service and focused on other development and become stress free."
George's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
George received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have completed building my spacious iron roofed house and staying in it. I will move out of my grass-thatched leaking house and I will be the happiest and very proud person in the village."
Jane's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Jane received a $22 fourteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have managed to build for my son a house and staying in it comfortably. He will no longer go to the neighbour anymore."