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.
Rose's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Rose received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect my life to change because once I have increased the stock capacity of business so that the income capacity goes up."
Mildred's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Mildred received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect to have a change in my life by being self-reliant and self-employed by starting a small scale business of selling second hand clothes and also starting a boutique because I know it generates a lot of income."
Ismael's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Ismael received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect a change in my life because in the near future I will have bought a cow that I will rear within my compound and later use it as a source of milk so that I will not have to buy milk from vendors."
Monica's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Monica received a $44 fourth payment.
"Today my kids have enough balanced diet to eat, thanks to Give directly. Ever since my husband passed on last year, life has been quite a nightmare for us and getting money to buy food for the family has never been easy."
Moses's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Moses received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect to start a small scale business where I will be buying maize from suppliers and later re-sell to our local people in the community. This business will also generate profits for me that will be able to sustain me financially moving into the future."
James's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
James received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect to save so much cash so that I should be able to pay school fees for my children very easily and definitely give them a much better life than how they live today."
Beryl's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Beryl received a $22 eighth payment.
"My life will change because I will have built a new house and also started a new house. The house I live in today is too small for the large family and we have to squeeze in it making life quite unbearable."
Juma's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Juma enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is getting school fees because I lost my father at an early age and had no one to pay for me. My grandmothers were old and could hardly afford to take me to school."
Rebecca's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Rebecca received a $469 initial payment.
"I said God thank you for remembering me because I never at one point thought I could have a chance to benefit from Give Directly. I also thanked Give Directly together we her employees for doing such a wonderful job."
Glades's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Glades received a $469 initial payment.
"I can change the diet in my household which was very hard back then before I received these transfer from GD. My house looks beautiful and I have a lighting system and I nolonger use paraffin as source of energy. "