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.
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almost 5 years ago
Winny
received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six months I expect to have my own tea plantation of 1 acre. The seedlings are currently in the seedbed awaiting maturity to be transplanted. I expect to have started to rear chicken for sale too. These two will be sources of income for us, which will translate to a better living standard for us. GiveDirectly funds have indeed helped us and we are grateful."
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almost 5 years ago
Monica
received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six, I expect to have plastered the floor of my house and started a small business to help generate income for my family. My life will better off."
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almost 5 years ago
Naomi
received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six months to come, I will have bought my own cow. I expected a more peaceful and a happier life with the blessing of a newborn child to my family."
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almost 5 years ago
Betty
received a $541 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the start of great happiness now that I have been able to get what was so hard for me to obtain. I now have a heifer."
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almost 5 years ago
Namumbya
received a $449 second payment.
"I've been living in a very small house but I'm yet to build a big house out of the transfers received from GD."
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almost 5 years ago
Maria
received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have constructed a new decent kitchen because the current kitchen is almost falling."
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almost 5 years ago
Tabitha
received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have saved some money for constructing a new kitchen because the current kitchen is almost falling."
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almost 5 years ago
Teresa
received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I will have started a poulry project back at my home."
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almost 5 years ago
Andrew
received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect that by then I will have bought the cow then focus on purchasing building materials to construct a new house."
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almost 5 years ago
George
received a $22 eighth payment.
"I am planning to construct a stall in the next few months so that I can have a permanent sales position which will come with other benefits such as having permanent customers."
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