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.
Elizabeth's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will renovate my house and also buy some food for my sustainance."
Abraham's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Abraham enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will buy cattle for rearing and build a house for my self"
Faith's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Faith enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of animals to pay dowery for my wife and inability to meet daily basic needs. "
Sarah's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Sarah enrolled.
"When i receive this money, i will buy cows that will help in farming, both ploughing and Diary."
Paul's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Paul enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced in my is the problem of lack of enough land for agriculture."
Isifu's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Isifu enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is the burden of upbringing the children single handedly and paying school fees."
Karisa's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Karisa received a $521 second payment.
"My life is now different in that I can keep my children in school. I had no means to pay for their school fees. I can now keep them in school and be able to pay for their school fees in future, with the proceeds from milk that I will receive from the cow that I will purchase with the transfers. I am grateful to Give Directly."
Winny's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Winny received a $521 second payment.
"My life is now different since i now own a dairy cow hence continuous milk supply for my family something which was a dream in the past, before I received the transfer, I used to spend most of my money to buy milk from my neighbor which I can now save and use in educating my children."
Thomas's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Thomas received a $539 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I would have not received the transfer because the transfer has changed my life positively. Nowadays, people who were once looking down upon me can easily talk to me, ask me to transport their loads with the hand-drawn cart which I bought with the transfer, unlike before when people had no reason to talk to me."
David's family
access_time over 5 years ago
David received a $539 initial payment.
"For so long, my children have been sleeping at my neighbors house and this has always left me an unhappy person and always feeling that I am not a responsible parent. I thank God since all this is in the past now. Owning a house is my greatest achievement so far which has changed my daily life from one full of worries to a happier one as I know that my children are always safe for they no longer walk at night."