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.
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almost 6 years ago
Jane
received a $460 initial payment.
"My life has changed because I have a peace of mind. I bought a laptop for my daughter who is at the university. She can now pursue her course work on time. Before the transfer , I had a lot of pressure from my daughter who had no access to a computer. This would affect her performance during the coursework. Secondly, I'm sure of paying second term school fees for my son. Prior to this transfer, I used to get loans which had drained me a lot. We are very happy and long live GiveDirectly."
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almost 6 years ago
Wesley
received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I would have saved enough money to rent a piece of land to do horticultural farming. This will enable me to have enough food for the family. Venturing into horticultural farming will also make my family not to depend too much on the poultry project and this will enable it to grow and I will be able to save some money to use in meeting other needs for my family."
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almost 6 years ago
Sam
received a $459 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I felt exited that I told myself that really GiveDirectly is honest since it kept its promise to send us money."
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almost 6 years ago
Beatrice
received a $460 initial payment.
"The mere fact that I was able to deposit money on my plot of land has greatly made a difference in my daily life. This is since I had come back from my marital home due to a lot of domestic violence and had no place to give to my children, I am now happy that they will have a place to call home."
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almost 6 years ago
Esther
received a $460 initial payment.
"The moment I received my transfer, I became very happy because I knew I could access better health services with it, as this money came when I wasn't feeling well."
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almost 6 years ago
Moses
received a $460 initial payment.
"I heard a notification and on checking, it was from Givedirectly. At that moment, I felt so happy knowing that I would be in position to get my academic papers that had taken long without being released due to lack of money. Together with my wife, we decided to pray about this money and started planing for it."
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almost 6 years ago
Samuel
received a $460 initial payment.
"I received the mobile money message at around 3:00 AM, I went ahead to check my account balance and I truly believed that I had the money. I was overwhelmed my joy after confirming that I had the money because my desire to construct a specious iron roofed house was going to be accomplished."
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almost 6 years ago
Marita
received a $460 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy that at that moment, I knelt down and prayed thanking God for all this kind of financial help."
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almost 6 years ago
Daniel
received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months I expect my life to change in that my poultry keeping project shall have picked up and giving returns. I am well aware that GiveDirectly transfers shall come to an end in the next eight months and this project shall enable me sustain the income that I have been receiving from GiveDirectly and be able to improve my life and that of my family even more."
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almost 6 years ago
Joseph
received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months my life shall have changed in that I will be practicing commercial farming and I can be able to take my children to boarding schools and give them better quality education. Practicing commercial agriculture shall enable us as a family get that extra income and be able to meet most of our family's needs and secure our future and the future of our children"
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