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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over 5 years ago
Lazaro
received a $452 second payment.
"" My life has changed alot in that I live comfortable life and I have a peaceful mind because I have constructed a three roomed house. Secondly, the cash transfers have raised my self esteem in the community because I dress decently and my home is comfy.
Had I not received the cash transfer, I would be miserable and desperate without any hope of a better life.""
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over 5 years ago
Javan
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have bought decent seats. currently, I do not have my own, they got burnt some years back. Whenever I have visitors I normally take seats from my mother's house which to me is a bother being that I have to return them after every visit."
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over 5 years ago
Sam
received a $459 second payment.
"My life is different in that, before I used to have a lot of stress because I could not provide for my family with basic needs. Now that I got my transfers from GiveDirectly, I can afford to provide basic needs for my family and we are happy."
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over 5 years ago
Stella
received a $459 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the money in that I now have a decent house, I used to sleep in the house with a leaking roof but now am safe. I also got back the land that I had mortgaged which am going to utilize for farming."
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over 5 years ago
Stephen
received a $452 second payment.
"My life is at peace than it would have been if I never received the transfers. I'm so happy and wishing if Give Directly could come back and give me more money.
I have also shifted from the grass thatched house to a permanent house and my children are at school because of these transfers."
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over 5 years ago
Christine
received a $459 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never recieved the transfer in that Iam now having a comfortable house. Before, in the grass thatched house it would leak and damage my property and make sleeping uncomfortable."
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over 5 years ago
Robert
received a $452 second payment.
"My life is different than if I had not received GiveDirectly cash transfer in that, I do not struggle a lot to look for tuition for my children because with this support, there is food security in my household. Before receiving this cash transfer, I used to do a lot of farming and sell part of the produce for paying tuition leaving the family with little food hence famine."
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over 5 years ago
Joyce
received a $452 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I have been able to construct for myself a permanent house. In the past, I used to sleep under a very old thatched house that always leaked whenever it rained."
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over 5 years ago
Mary
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I will have bought a cow for the purpose of rearing and milking. I have always had a desire to rear a cow but I lacked resources to purchase the cow. With my transfers I will be able to bring this dream to life thanks to GD."
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over 5 years ago
Lewnora
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I will be a known vegetable seller within my community and even in the surrounding villages. This will mean more customers which will result to an increase in revenue. I see myself doing large scale vegetable farming."
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