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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.

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Japheth received a $99 initial payment.

"I am planning to plaster the walls and floor of my house."

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Elizabeth received a $99 initial payment.

"I am planning to build a house with the upcoming lumpsum transfer payment."

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Josephine received a $493 second payment.

"My life has really changed because l am now staying in my own home l no-longer share home with my father and l am also eating well. "

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Benard received a $493 second payment.

" I have a big difference in my daily life since I have cleared the balance for my land and I have already acquired a title deed; I have my own land now where I can develop the way I like without any restriction for instance I have planted trees on the land already."

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Ben received a $99 initial payment.

"I am planning to repair and plaster my house, construct a kitchen and also a pit latrine."

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Mary received a $493 second payment.

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a spacious house which accomodates me well."

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Edwina received a $99 initial payment.

"I will build a house with the upcoming lumpsum transfer."

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Susana received a $99 initial payment.

"I am planning to construct a new house as the current one is small and old."

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Richard received a $493 second payment.

"GiveDirectly does everything as promised to the end, unlike other organizations that start projects then they leave them along the way."

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Grace received a $493 second payment.

"GiveDirectly doesn't have middlemen while other NGOs have a lot of middlemen."

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