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.
Elizabeth's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Elizabeth received a $367 second payment.
"The biggest difference I can say I have is the fact that I sleep on a comfortable mattress. This has given me quality sleep and guarantees me enough rest. I wake up energetic and ready for the days hustle given that my nature of work involves a lot of walking. This was not the case because Initially, I had an old and thin mattress that felt like sleeping on the bed without any mattress. I used to wake up feeling even more fatigued. If you visit my house now, I have my glasses well displayed on my new cupboard. Unlike before they were stored under the bed."
Sharon's family
access_time over 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 over 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 over 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 over 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 over 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 over 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."
Joice's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joice enrolled.
"For the last few months I have been experiencing serious back pains that has started affecting my productivity.I do firewood business whereby I buy firewood from the neighbouring county of Narok and then sell in my county of Bomet.For two months now I cannot do this work because of the back pains which I suspect was caused by this job.I have been doing this business using my back as a means of transport for close to ten years now.It is quite a distance from where I get the supply to my home not to mention distributing to my consumers. I have depended on this business for that long and for the last two months I have started struggling in meeting the basic needs since I cannot support my husband in doing so.I have visited the hospital three times and everytime I get a different response from the doctors.This includes brucellosis and typhoid.I am very confused about this.I hope to get well soon but I am confused on whether to go on with this business or to quit;This has been my source of income for a very long time but on the other hand poses a health risk.Receiving the cash transfers from Give Directly might help me find an alternative source of income which is less physical."
Florence's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Florence received a $447 second payment.
"My life has greatly changed because this transfer has made it posdible for me to own a bigger bed and a mattress. Futher more, I'm in the process of constructing a permanent house for my family members. Before, I used to sleep on a smaller mattress for 13 years of our marriage. I had a challenge of looking for scare thatch yearly to renovate my hurt."
Joyce's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joyce received a $447 second payment.
"Through this support I was able to settle the debt that was got for my treatment and operation. I am now a happy mother of twin . This transfer also facillated the required treatment and buying food until I recovered fully. I didn't have hope of getting money, honestly my relatives couldn't have borrowed UGX 1,050,000 if I wasn't excepting any money from GiveDirectly because there was no way of paying it back. They would have taken me to the nearest health center where I could have lost my life or the twin I was expecting. Even buying soft food like rice and irish was expective."