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.
Julia's family
access_time 5 years ago
Julia received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I hope to receive a bumper harvest in the next six months which will mean food security for my family. I also hope that I will have extra that I will be able to sell whenever I am in a financial fix and raise money."
Josephine's family
access_time 5 years ago
Josephine received a $455 second payment.
"My life is different now than it would have been had I not benefited because, I now stay in my piece of land that I acquired. I was able to buy a bicycle which has eased my transportation because I can reach my destination on time. In the past before receiving these transfers, My brothers together with their spouses could quarrel at me because of land. Lastly my movement was very difficult because I walked to whereever I was going on foot which has been simplified by the bicycle."
Rebecca's family
access_time 5 years ago
Rebecca received a $448 second payment.
"My life is better now in that, I have been able to buy land, household items, Rent farmland and livestock. All this assets I did not own them prior to GiveDirectly's transfers. I lived a difficult life of doing causual labouring day in day out to feed my household because I did not have where to farm."
Lazaro's family
access_time 5 years ago
Lazaro received a $455 second payment.
"My life is different now in that, I have a lot of happiness because I have constructed a beautiful house. At this old age of mine, I can not be in position to look for grass for thatching the huts but all thanks goes back to GiveDirectly for the support. Cattle rustlers took all my cattle back in the days but through these transfers, I have been able to own livestock once again in my life. Before getting these transfers, I used to suffer sleeping in a leaky grass thatched house. I was also faced with a challenge of looking for grass which is no more because I have built my house."
Alice's family
access_time 5 years ago
Alice received a $448 second payment.
"My life has changed because I have got my own land which I have cultivated in rice. In the past, I used my mother -in-laws land. In addition, We have started our own transportation business which is generating income for meeting family needs like treatment and food. Before, we used to just rent someone's motorbike."
Madinah's family
access_time 5 years ago
Madinah received a $448 second payment.
"My life is better becuse I have got garden which I will cultivate. Before, I used to just buy food which was expensive. In addition, I'm sleeping comfortably on my bed. In the past, I slept on the mat"
Betty's family
access_time 5 years ago
Betty received a $455 second payment.
"My life has currently changed because I am seeing my children easily in school with full fees and requirements hence making me a proud parent. In the past, getting complete fees for my children was a problem as we all would toil in our gardens cultivating a variety of food to sell or even work in some people's gardens to raise money for their education."
James's family
access_time 5 years ago
James received a $448 second payment.
"The cash transfers changed my life. I was able to purchase an ox which helps me plough my farmland. More so I dress decently because I spent part of the cash transfer to buy clothes. Back then, I had old tattered clothes with no money to buy new ones."
Anna's family
access_time 5 years ago
Anna received a $455 second payment.
"My life has changed alot from the moment I received the cash transfers.I was able to plaster my incomplete house and it is now habitable and safe. I bought an ox which has made the tilling and ploughing of our farmland possible. Previously, snakes would crawl into my incomplete house at night and at one point they nearly bit my children. On the otherhand, farming was also hectic because I only had one ox. However, farming is much easier now after I acquired another ox."
Peter's family
access_time 5 years ago
Peter received a $455 second payment.
"The biggest change in my daily life is that I love a happy life because I have paid the debt and serviced my motor cycle that is generating daily income to support my family. Previously, it was very difficult even to stay at home because the owner of the money was demanding for it."