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.
Humphrey's family
access_time 5 years ago
Humphrey received a $200 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on paying my college fees. Last year I registered for carpentry training. I used part of the transfer to pay for half of the total fees required so that I may be able to start classes as I wait to clear the balance with the next transfer. Part of the transfers I also sent to my mother as a token of KES 5000 for her upkeep and the remaining part I used on buying household items such as food and a new mattress which I really needed. I used to sleep on a thin and very old one."
Mary's family
access_time 5 years ago
Mary received a $200 initial payment.
"My new goal is to boost my cloth business. This has been my only source of income which has sustained and supported my family for the last two years. Due to many life and family financial demands, I have used most of my resources from the business and this almost brought the business down. I want to ensure with GD transfers, I add more stock so that I can revive it and earn more profit to help me sustain my family needs and develop financially."
Joan's family
access_time 5 years ago
Joan received a $23 eighth payment.
"I expect that in the next six months or so, I would have improved the lifestyle of our family, and that my children and whole family will have good clothes and nice food to eat. I also expect to be living in a better and a more comfortable house than the one we are currently living in. The house we are living in now is an old mud house and I know God will allow us build a better one and ensure we live like the rest of our neighbors."
Livingstone's family
access_time 5 years ago
Livingstone received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect that my life in the near future would have improved considerably. I want my children to enjoy good food and even high standards of education. I also expect to start a dairy project which will help as one of my source of income. This will also provide an alternative source of food."
Rose's family
access_time 5 years ago
Rose received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have started my business of selling fish."
Goretty's family
access_time 5 years ago
Goretty received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to continue saving for my project of plastering my house."
Reuben's family
access_time 5 years ago
Reuben received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I will focus on plastering my house and also focus on building a poultry unit. With the table banking group, I joined this is going to be possible. The savings will enhance income to support me in achieving all my dreams."
Kimeto's family
access_time 5 years ago
Kimeto received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect my life to change significantly in the next six months. This is because I shall be married by then. Subsequently, I will be tasked with more responsibilities. Luckily, I will be enjoying the support from my wife. Moreover, I will be owning my own cow, and thus getting adequate milk for consumption by my young family while selling the surplus to fetch some income. Besides, I shall be having more income because of the GiveDirectly transfers and the sale of milk. Hence, I thank GiveDirectly for supporting me in preparation for marriage."
Joan's family
access_time 5 years ago
Joan received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect my life to change in that by then I will have invested a lot in my business and from the returns, I am planning to buy one or two acres of land. I will also open a cereals shop and from then I will enough income to enable me to pay my school fees as I am planning to join college next year."
Evaline's family
access_time 5 years ago
Evaline received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have plastered my house. I know that when this happens, I will enjoy mopping the flour easily and will no longer worry about smearing it which is normally hectic."