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
Patrick
received a $22 eighth payment.
"I hope that the profits from my business will have doubled in six months time and will live a more comfortable life in terms of providing for my family."
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almost 5 years ago
Conselata
received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have plastered the house, it's only after that I'll think of the next thing to do."
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almost 5 years ago
Veronica
received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect to own livestock by then which is a sign of wealth in my community meaning that I will be in a different social status."
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almost 5 years ago
Sarah
received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have started saving for my project of building a kitchen."
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almost 5 years ago
Safari
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of reliable source of income that can sustain my family. I once went to Mombasa after unsuccessful livestock business but the jobs I was doing there were not conducive for my health. I came back to continue with subsistence farming within the village but this was not productive at all because of the unpredictable seasons. Sometimes, there are no harvests due to drought and this makes my family miss the basic needs among them: food, health care and school fees."
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almost 5 years ago
Kauchi
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to improve my livelihood. I intend to construct a better house for myself because the one I currently live in is not spacious enough to accommodate my kitchen, granary and poultry. "
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almost 5 years ago
Dama
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to raise my income. I have wished all my life to have a vegetable vending shop. This will guarantee me a reliable source of income to cater for food, clothing and other basic needs of my family. I also plan to use part of the transfers to purchase two oxen that will help me plough my farm in good time and get more harvests."
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almost 5 years ago
Joseph
received a $449 second payment.
"My life is different in that I have been in position to own a plot of land and a bull that will enble me phough my farm land in time, I couldn't have owned a plot of land and a bull had I not recieved this transfer."
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almost 5 years ago
Harriet
received a $449 second payment.
"My life is different in that I have been in position to get out of the loose that I faced(my house got burnt with all my belongs) with this transfer I was able to get new household items, I couldn't have bought most of the house hold items that got burnt in a short time had I not recieved this transfer."
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almost 5 years ago
Daniel
received a $449 second payment.
"My life is different in that, the family income has greatly improved because of the motorbike that does transportation business, in a day I get 15000 ugx to 20,000 ugx that has enabled me to provide food and medical treament for my family, I couldn't have bought this motorbike had I not recieved money from Give Directly."
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