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.
Joice's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joice enrolled.
"I am planning to buy twenty goats from the transfers and add the tally that I have.This will help me venture more to livestock farming and do away with more physical jobs since I feel that my body is becoming weaker.For the remaining transfers ,I will buy two beds for my children who have never had the priviledge of using one."
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."
Harriet's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Harriet received a $447 second payment.
"My life has changed because I have got the money to buy a microscope that I couldn't afford before. This will enable me conduct tests of malaria, bacterial infection and typhoid in my clinic. Paying school fees for my children is going to be easy because I expect increased profits from the clinic once microscope is bought. I currently referring most of my patients to go for testing in other clinics because I didn't have a microscope."
Hellen's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Hellen received a $447 second payment.
"My life has changed because this transfer has made my house look new again. I also paid school fees, bought clothes and bedings. Previously, I had a desire to renovate my house but I didn't achieve it. The little money I got was spent on feeding and paying children's school fees."
Sofia's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Sofia received a $447 second payment.
"My life is different now because I have got alot with this transfer. I now own a new mattress, a bed, utensils and above all I sleep in an iron roofed house that I never thought of constructing at my old age. Before, I was sleeping in a one roomed hurt that could leak whenever it rains. I had to renovate it yearly that was difficult for me because the thatch is scarce in our community. I had a smaller matress that was not user friendly and without a bed."
Charo's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Charo received a $549 initial payment.
"The biggest difference is that the transfer has enabled me to build a new spacious house enough for all of us. The house that I was living in previously was very small and could not accommodate the whole of my family. My children had to seek shelter elsewhere in my neighbour's homes. Through the transfer, I have managed to build a house, spacious enough to accommodate my all family members."
Jane's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jane received a $549 initial payment.
"Owning the pair of oxen is the biggest difference in my daily life since I had none previously. I used to hire from neighbours which were costly to me. Through the transfer, I was able to purchase a pair of oxen which will not only increase my acreage but also ensure early preparations and timely planting."
Julianah's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Julianah received a $530 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer because we have acquired two cows. We had sold all the cattle that we had on educating our children."
Pendo's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Pendo received a $549 initial payment.
"I was woken up by the message notification on my phone and I went direct through my inbox to check who the sender was. On checking to confirm, for sure I could not hold back the happiness and joy that instantly filled my heart as I realized that GiveDirectly had sent my first transfer. I could not sleep any more as I knew that I would soon accomplish the things that seemed impossible to me."