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.
Florance's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Florance enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to take care of the education needs of my children. "
Dinah's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Dinah enrolled.
"This transfers I intend to use for building ironroofed house that can provide better shelter. "
Joyce's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of land for cultivation since all that we had was leased. "
Silver's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Silver enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. I would want to buy land so as to increase food productivity but I do not have finances. "
Joyce's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. It is very hard to meet household needs. "
Makulata's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Makulata enrolled.
"When I receive this money, I will buy cows for agriculture and also part of it to rent agricultural land."
Michael's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Michael received a $49 fourth payment.
"My goals now that I have started receiving the money is to open a restaurant. Since its starting cost is a bit higher, I am planning to save my income after I am employed as a driver so that I will use the money to start this business. I will also be saving part of my transfers so that I will also use it when starting my business. I will then use the money I will be getting from my job to cater for my family needs and use the ones I will be getting from the business to pay school fees for my children and investing more."
Benson's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Benson received a $49 fourth payment.
"I am planning to start a business and when I started receiving the cash from GiveDirectly, I took this as a chance to fulfill my dreams. Since the money was not enough for me to start this business, I decided to be saving them so that I can later use them. When I received my most recent transfer, I decided to save it in the Sacco and table banking group. I will later take a loan in Sacco after my savings will have accumulated and use the money to achieve my dream."
Mary's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Mary received a $448 second payment.
"My life has totally improved in that, my health is better since I can support my self to walk. In the past, I didn't have the money to treat my leg which made me move on a wheel chair."
Samuel's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Samuel received a $49 fourth payment.
"My goal now that I have started receiving the money is to start a business of selling second-hand clothes. I married recently and having a family without a source of income is very hard. Opening this business will engage me all day and it will also be my source of income. I will be using my profits to cater for my daily needs and pay my bills. I believe that by starting a business, my life will totally change even after when I will not be receiving transfers from GiveDirectly anymore."