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.
Pauline's family
access_time 5 years ago
Pauline received a $50 fourth payment.
"My goal is to open a salon. I will save part of my monthly transfers in table banking and will use the savings to open the salon in future after I completed the hairdressing course. This will be a source of income and I will be able to help my husband to provide some of the family basic needs."
Pamela's family
access_time 5 years ago
Pamela received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I hope that by this time I will have enlarged my current house so that my children will have their own separate bedroom. This will give us more privacy as a family even on those occasions that we receive visitors."
Agnes's family
access_time 5 years ago
Agnes received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to be able to accumulate more funds in time to pay school fees for my children. Top on my priority list of things that I want to do is to give the best education to my children. I also have plans of buying more goats that I can resale later to get enough money to buy a dairy cow."
Fanice's family
access_time 5 years ago
Fanice received a $368 second payment.
"My life is currently different in that I am financially stable. The income from my business is enough to meet all my basic needs. I used to depend on casual jobs before receiving my transfers and the income I got was not enough to cater all my basic needs such as food. I am now happy since I no longer depend on casual jobs and I do not struggle to provide for my family."
Elice's family
access_time 5 years ago
Elice received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I am optimistic that I shall have fully recovered and strong enough to engage in some of the economic activities that will empower me. I expect to own more assets that will always remind me about GiveDirectly even when the transfers come to an end."
Edwin's family
access_time 5 years ago
Edwin received a $368 second payment.
"My new goal is to buy a plot and build rental houses. I will save part of the income from the business and add to my other savings and use the money to buy the plot and build the rental houses . This will be additional source of income to meet my basic needs."
Alfred's family
access_time 5 years ago
Alfred received a $23 eleventh payment.
"In the next six months, I would want to start up a barbershop. This will help me get a regular income to sustain my family needs. This is because casual work was not consistent and I ended up getting into more debts which I have paid with part of GD transfers, I would not want to go back to where I was back then."
Evaline's family
access_time 5 years ago
Evaline received a $368 second payment.
"My new goal is to buy dairy cow. I will save the income from the business in table banking and later use to buy the dairy cow.This will be an investment to pay school fees for my child who will join secondary school in future. There will also be enough milk for my family since currently my mother buy milk and she will save the money she would have used to buy milk and use to meet other family basic needs. I will also sell the surplus milk to earn an extra income to pay school fees for my children"
Julias's family
access_time 5 years ago
Julias received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I will be having a cow and a poultry farming system. My income will have increased from the eggs that I will be selling."
Sharon's family
access_time 5 years ago
Sharon received a $46 fourth payment.
"I will be having a cow and goats. This will be a good investment that will be running and increasing in financial value."