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
Rose
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house.
The one that I sleep in leaks when it rains.
With this same money, I also hope to buy beddings and other household items.
If I am able to get all these, life will be better for me."
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almost 5 years ago
Grace
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house. I have always longed to raise one but I never had the chance to do so.
In case of any balance, I hope to buy a bull that can support in the farming activity. "
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almost 5 years ago
Makrine
received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"By then, I shall have bought the sewing machines that I can use to start up a business to help generate income to help improve our lifestyles. I will be more independent financially as I shall have finished my course and I will have a way of earning income."
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almost 5 years ago
Elijah
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I expect your life to change in the next six months in that I shall have bought a heifer with the saving which will be handed to me from my merry go round. Meaning buying milk which is so costly at the moment and strenuous won't be the next of my worries."
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almost 5 years ago
Consolata
received a $23 fifteenth payment.
"At the moment I have a goal of saving some money so that I can use them to expand my house in the future. So in the next six months, I expect to have expanded the current house."
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almost 5 years ago
Leonard
received a $23 eleventh payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have cleared the final college examinations. After that, I'll look for employment so that I can be independent and help my mum meet some of the responsibilities."
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almost 5 years ago
John
received a $23 fifteenth payment.
"I will have to build a house. In the next six months, I expect to be living a better life than my current life in that I will have built a house. I currently live in one house hence forcing to always sent my daughters to my mother's house to spend their nights there. This a habit that has made me look down upon myself in that I see to be failing as a parent by not giving my children shelter and also endangering them during the night as they move to my parents home. I expect to see my family around full time in the next six months and also give my children humble time and place to read and live in and this will always be my happiness."
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almost 5 years ago
Priscillah
received a $23 fifteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in that I shall have improved my poultry keeping project. I currently have 15 egg laying chicken and I intend to reach 50 chicken over the next six months. I will use the proceeds from my farming and the monthly GiveDirectly transfers to be able to actualize this. I also intend to build a bigger poultry unit that is going to accommodate the rising number of chicken."
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almost 5 years ago
Vincent
received a $45 third payment.
"In the next four months, I have plans of buying a dairy cow. With the proceeds from my onion farming and the savings from the monthly transfers, I expect that I shall have enough money to buy a dairy cow over the next four months. This shall not only empower me economically but also help our family at large in getting the most basic commodity milk which is sometimes hard to find in the village."
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almost 5 years ago
Judith
received a $45 seventh payment.
"In the next six months of my life, I expect to have constructed my own compound. I find it so challenging to stay in my parents-in-law's house and I believe once I move to my home I'll have the freedom to achieve a lot of things that I can't achieve currently."
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