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.
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almost 5 years ago
Anna
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have saved enough in a merry go round group to enable me to concentrate on my poultry keeping business."
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almost 5 years ago
Stephen
received a $489 third payment.
"I spent the last transfers on launching a lifetime project investment of building a new house back at my rural home. I managed to build a two bedroomed house which in my personal opinion I believe I would have never managed to build to date were it not for the cash transfers from Give Directly."
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almost 5 years ago
Julius
received a $468 initial payment.
"I had just finished to have a bath planning to go to bed. Then my phone rang with a notification of cash transfer from GiveDirectly. I immediately informed my spouse and we both happy because it was unbelievable."
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almost 5 years ago
Mary
received a $489 third payment.
"I have a new goal of starting a cake baking business that can sustain me going into the future post transfers dates. I have started making the cakes and so far I think I am doing quite well because I normally get some cash to feed my family. What I know is that I can never fail to get approximately 2000 KES a week."
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almost 5 years ago
Lydia
enrolled.
"When I receive this money, I will make great milestones in my tailoring business by investing more capital. I will also be able to pay off my piece of land that I was bargaining for."
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almost 5 years ago
Newton
received a $49 eighth payment.
"My life has changed because our source of income has always been the casual jobs that are normally available on an off and on basis which makes life so unpredictable and at times surviving becomes extremely difficult. I have also been able to buy a few items in the house such as tables, seats, cupboard and a new 32 inch TV set which of course I would have never been able to buy were it not for the transfers from Give Directly."
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almost 5 years ago
Joyce
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I will have started a grocery business. I will be also a poultry farmer because I already own some good number of chickens bought using the transfers. My sources of income will be more than last year and the year before I started to benefit from GiveDirectly. Because of this, I am going to be a reliable mother in my family."
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almost 5 years ago
Mildred
received a $22 fourteenth payment.
"When I finally buy the solar lighting system which I hope I will have within the next six months, my daily life will definitely change as I will not have to spend daily on kerosene and the brightly lit house will make it easier for my children to read at night without any difficulties. This is great news especially for my child in his final year in primary school and needs to revise more for the final exams later this year."
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almost 5 years ago
Joshua
received a $22 fourteenth payment.
"I hope that in the next six months, I will have more livestock in my cow shed as I am planning to buy more using the rest of GD transfers. I also have hope of having enough stock of food in my stores because this farming season was a very good one for me. With the help of GD transfers, I was able to buy quality farm inputs and cultivated a much larger piece of land than I ever have before because I could manage to hire labourers to help in the farm activities. I was also able to cultivate a portion of my land that has always been fallow due to lack of resources to cultivate which pleases me because I know my family will go for a very long time before spending on cereals and even have excess to sell in case we have any emergencies."
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almost 5 years ago
Irine
received a $22 eleventh payment.
"In the next six months, I am certain that I will be attending school with little distractions caused by fee arrears. I will have cleared this semesters school fees."
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