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.
Scovia's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Scovia enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my is lack of money. This follows a long dry season that saw us not planting any crops that would be our source of income. Thats why we even had to stake some piece of land as collateral to borrow money."
Doloth's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Doloth enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of sufficient funds to promptly pay for my grandchild's school fees. Him being a candidate, defaulting school fees affects his performance because he misses lessons when he is chased back home to collect school dues."
Milianotwinomujun's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Milianotwinomujun enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money. I have no capital to venture in any income generating activity and yet I would really wish to have one. This has left me poor with nothing to offer even to my own self."
Dan's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Dan enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. I do not engage in any income generating activity because I do not have a resource to base on in order to start up some thing say for example a business. The little that I am able to earn from casual labour is spent just to find atleast a meal for the family but I can not save anything. This has kept me in the poverty cycle. "
Grace's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. I have a big number of children but I do not have any source of income generatiing activity. I only purely rely on farming which contributes little to sustain my family needs. This is affecting me psychologically."
Amina's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Amina received a $526 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer in that I have been able to establish a permanent stall to run my business of selling seeds. Now, I am making enough profits without a strain since my customers are able to get me in one location unlike before when I would hawk in different markets which were strenuous and I didn't have ample time to interact with my family members. Therefore, I feel the most self-empowered person because my life is now better than before."
Nicasius's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Nicasius received a $253 second payment.
"I had a plan of starting tomatoes planting project which can help me boost my income in the foreseeable future. Once the project starts rolling, I know I will be able to get a lot of bags of the products which I will then sell to my customers and of course make some little profit from the business venture."
Charles's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Charles received a $458 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the feeling of joy now that I am in position to have my own plot of land. I will build, be independent and avoid the issue where people in my community keep pushing me out of their land. "
Robert's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Robert received a $458 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I felt really happy that I woke up and moved around asking from my parents if they had as well got theirs."
Janet's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Janet received a $458 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy that I knelt down prayed and thanked God for GiveDirectly and its staff that reached out to me."