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.
Norah's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Norah received a $442 second payment.
"Life is different in that I have oxen that help plough gardens, household items especially clothes and these bring me happiness. Before, I used to toil with a hoe, or wait for sympathetic person to plough my gardens. In addition, I didn't have enough cloth in the house to change to when going out of home."
Anna's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Anna received a $442 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been because I now sleep under an Iron roofed house, and I also acquired household items that were lacking especially clothes, utensils, mattress. This brings joy to me whenever I am at home. Before, I used to sleep under a grass thatched house which brought stress when time to change the grass comes due to its scarcity. It was embarrassing to host a visitor, before these transfers came to me, due shortage of household items. "
Caroline's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Caroline received a $442 second payment.
"Life is now completely different in that I have my own land to cultivate food, and there's peace mind. Before, staying at our grandfather's land always brought feuds and fights with other relatives in the same place, especially quarrels over cultivation land during the rainy season. "
Jesca's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Jesca received a $442 second payment.
"Before, didn't have enough cultivation land for food. I used to sleep under a leaking grass thatched house damages by rats. Now, my life is in that I have an iron sheet roofed house, and repossessed my cultivation land used as security for money borrowed, giving me more food at home."
Reuben's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Reuben received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I will be a milk producer from my own dairy cow. The heifer that I bought using the money I have recived will be lactating which means that I will have an extra source of income. I will be meeting my daily needs using the money that will come from the sale of milk produced."
Christine's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship Iam faced currently is lack of adequate land for farming. I have only one garden and it cannot produce enough yields or food for the family."
Fredrick's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Fredrick received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect my life to change in that I will have bought a goat. This will increase the number of assets that I own. It will be an investment for me because goats usually have a short reproduction period. They normally reproduce twice a year. This means that they will increase in number very fast. I will be able to sell the young ones and use the money to settle my bills."
Caren's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Caren received a $542 initial payment.
"At first, I didn't believe GiveDirectyly and I kept on with my doubts until that Night when I was awoken by an incoming message on my phone. With no expectation of such information of transfer, I took my phone reluctantly to check who might have sent me a text at such late in the night and to my surprise I had received money from GiveDirectyly. I was so happy and made up my mind to believe in GD promises."
Meshack's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Meshack received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I am hopeful that anything else might lack in my household but not food. I will work to ensure east or west adequate food is there in my household. This will give me peace having been in a place where my hands were tied I would want to face that ever again."
Kipsang's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Kipsang received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"Since droughts are still on all over the county at the moment, our goal to buy a large water thank is still our priority. It is our prayer that in the next six months, that goal would have been accomplished. We have witnessed for a long time that during rainy seasons, a lot of water from our roof go to waste, we have a plan to install gutters all around the house so that whenever it rains all water from the roof is directed into the water tank which will indeed save us a great deal when there are no rains. We also have an additional goal to purchase a cow though it will take more time to be realized since we have just started the saving scheme which will help us in raising the money to buy. Thanks to GiveDIrectly for deciding to give us this money bit by bit since we get enough time to plan for every month."