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.
Emmanuel's family
access_time 5 years ago
Emmanuel enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be in position to acquire a diploma paper. I just completed a national certificate in agriculture course with the intent to enroll for a diploma in the same field next year 2020. My brother endured with me to the level that I am and still has interest in seeing me reach the next level but he is also hard up the fact that he has his family responsibilities to full fill. I feel this is an opportunity for me to get back to school. "
Pelina's family
access_time 5 years ago
Pelina enrolled.
"Receiving this money will be of great joy to me.I have lived in a grass thatched house for many years.It leaks whenever it rains and needs changing grass twice every year. When I receive this many, it will go to construction of an ironroofed house which would be descent for me to live in with my grandson."
Ramazan's family
access_time 5 years ago
Ramazan enrolled.
"Receiving this money means a great support to my family. I will be able to build an iron roofed house and increase food productivity by way of farming on a larger scale than I have always done. I also hope to start up a poultry farm to take care of any eventualities that may arise in the future."
Immaculate's family
access_time 5 years ago
Immaculate enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, buy a cow that can provide milk for my family and if there is some balance, buy household items for example beddings. "
Eunice's family
access_time 5 years ago
Eunice received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"I expect to save towards buying building materials that I will use to build a new kitchen. I also wish to buy more livestock to rear to get more money to raise the living standards. I look forward to having a beautiful kitchen which will be the envy of the entire of the village."
Getrude's family
access_time 5 years ago
Getrude received a $544 initial payment.
"I was woken up by a message notification on my phone and on checking who the sender was, I realized that it was from GiveDirectly. As I went through its contents, I was filled with happiness and greatly overjoyed having received some money they had promised us."
Stella's family
access_time 5 years ago
Stella enrolled.
"Inadequate food for the household is my main challenge. We do not have oxen to enable timely planting and enough food production for the family. Besides, we do not have enough land for crop cultivation hence insufficient food for the household. "
Babra's family
access_time 5 years ago
Babra enrolled.
"When I receive this money, I will buy a plot of land where we shall build a house and relocate because where we are currently is not good for settlement. We shall reserve this land for agriculture because the soils are fertile and this will also boost our household income in a way that; we shall sell the yields from agriculture."
Agnes's family
access_time 5 years ago
Agnes enrolled.
"Receiving this money means improving on my living conditions in form of buying bedding, oxen for ploughing and paying school fees for my children. The beddibgs will help improve on the living conditions, oxen will help on plouging Dr crop cultivation and when my children complete studies, that will find better jobs for them to support themselves."
Simon's family
access_time 5 years ago
Simon enrolled.
"Receiving this money means completing consttuction of my permanent house. I sleep in a grass thatched house that i infested with rats and has holes in it. That will reduce the burden of renovating houses every year which is quite costly."