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.
Wilson's family
access_time 5 years ago
Wilson received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I will have bought a dairy cow and will also have leased another piece of land to add to what I currently cultivate. This two will be additional sources of income to what I currently have."
Gaudensia's family
access_time 5 years ago
Gaudensia received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to be living in a better place because I will have plastered my house. This will be a big relief on my side as I will no longer have to worry about the constant repairs and renovations that I am currently facing."
Gladhys's family
access_time 5 years ago
Gladhys received a $23 twelfth payment.
"After I am done clearing the loan, I will save the remaining bits of the transfers so that I can buy a goat that will be a long term investment of these tranfers."
Elizabeth's family
access_time 5 years ago
Elizabeth received a $367 second payment.
"My goal this year is to take my children to see their grandparents and bond with other members of the family. To be able to do that I have to finish the construction of my rural house. So this year most of my income together with that of my husband will be geared towards construction."
Sharon's family
access_time 5 years ago
Sharon received a $454 second payment.
"My life has changed in that I now have peace of mind having acquired a piece of land for me to stay. I was staying in my parent's home and my brothers were not happy with me because I came back when the marriage broke. In my culture it is not right for a girl to leave the marital home regardless of the conditions of marriage."
John's family
access_time 5 years ago
John received a $454 second payment.
"My life has changed because I have married a wife. My wife takes good care of me and I 'm happy. Before I married I had a challenge because cooking was not easy and I could sleep without food some days."
Maria's family
access_time 5 years ago
Maria received a $454 second payment.
"My life is different now because I sleep in an iron roofed house. Before I got the transfer, termites could destroy the thatch and the wall of my hut and I could replace grass thatch yearly. Now that am aging and getting weaker, GiveDirectly has saved me from this struggle."
Esther's family
access_time 5 years ago
Esther received a $447 second payment.
"My life is different in that I now own a cow, got farm land on mortgage. I will also cultivate a variety of crops come the rainy season unlike before when I had only one acre of land ."
Hellen's family
access_time 5 years ago
Hellen received a $454 second payment.
"My life has changed, I now have enough kitchen utensils and cooking is easy. I and my husband also got treatment that we were not able to get due to lack of money. I had a complication in the uterus while my husband has Hepatitis B I had one sauspan and cooking was not easy . I could first make sauce, pour in the dish when it got ready and use the same sauspan to mingle bread."
Simon's family
access_time 5 years ago
Simon received a $447 second payment.
"My life is different because I own my livestock and I dress well. Before, I did not have cows of my own."