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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.
Alexander's family
access_time 5 years ago
Alexander enrolled.
"I have a plan on spending the first transfer on building a kitchen and starting poultry farming.The kitchen will cost me 15,000 Kenya shillings while the rest will go to poultry farming.For the second transfer I will pay school fees for the children I take care of who are orphans.One is in secondary school while the other is supposed to join a technical college."
Beatrice's family
access_time 5 years ago
Beatrice received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect my life to be better than in that with the better farming I have done currently I will have enough food and surpluses to sell to increase my income. I expect to be earning more from poultry farming that I started before hence meeting my daily household expenditures will be easier."
Titus's family
access_time 5 years ago
Titus received a $194 initial payment.
"The moment I received my transfer, I felt very happy. I read the message in the morning and out of joy I shared the good news with my wife. We just reflected on many goals that for years we had been yearning to accomplish but finally settled on boosting my wife's business."
Benard's family
access_time 5 years ago
Benard received a $194 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer, I felt very happy. I had woken up and switched on my phone as a routine. The first message that I saw was the one informing me that I had received the transfer. The first person that I told was my wife and we agreed to use the money to boot our business first."
Pius's family
access_time 5 years ago
Pius received a $194 initial payment.
"My new goal is to boost my business. I want it to be stable so that I can attract more customers. Now that, I have learned the customer's needs, I want to restock even more items that are in demand. I have developed passion in the business and I do not want it to collapse because this will mean going back to the garbage collection job that I have been struggling with for years and that paid me so little."
Angeline's family
access_time 5 years ago
Angeline received a $194 initial payment.
"My new goal is to start selling kerosene. People buy kerosene in a far place and normally, I pitty the little kids who are mostly sent to get this kerosene. They have to cross a busy road and risk getting knocked down by fast racing cars in the name of purchasing kerosene. I want to bridge this gap and sell them kerosene at least close to their homes so that families do not risk losing their lives when crossing the roads to purchase kerosene. My income will also increase because I will be getting profits from both businesses."
Mercy's family
access_time 5 years ago
Mercy received a $44 sixth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I shall have bought the required building materials which will facilitate the construction of my new house. This will be a stepping stone that I will forever be thankful to GiveDirectly when it comes to its completion."
Irine's family
access_time 5 years ago
Irine enrolled.
"When my husband and I began constructing our sons' house a few days ago, we weren't sure to see it to completion based on the amount of money we had. Fortunately, cash transfer from GiveDirectly has come in at the right time. I am planning to spend the first transfer to see it to completion and in the floor repair of our own house. The second transfer will cater for our children's education in secondary school. "
Charles's family
access_time 5 years ago
Charles received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I expect to have a huge stock of flock within the next six months. Therefore, I will need to be financially disciplined and dedicated most of my time at work to get the best quality out of the business. In order to have massive profits when I start selling them most probably in December holiday when their market is at the peak."
Richard's family
access_time 5 years ago
Richard received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"In the next six months. I see my life to have greatly improved in that I will have started my butchery business. I will be doing my own work at my pace and will be generating more income. I will be in a better position to do better in farming with the help of profits I will be generating thus we will have enough food in the future in our family."