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 6 years ago
Eunice
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build a house with the upcoming lumpsum transfer."
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almost 6 years ago
David
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to complete buying building materials and then construct a new house."
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almost 6 years ago
Caroline
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build a house with the upcoming lumpsum transfer."
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almost 6 years ago
Mary
received a $493 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have moved from a hard mat to orthopedic mattress- one recommended for a healthy living. Initially, I used to sleep on a hard mat that could make us suffer frequent backaches and this is no longer the case."
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almost 6 years ago
Isabela
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy a cow for milk. I also plan to buy ironsheet, timber and nails to build a simba for my son."
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almost 6 years ago
Agnes
received a $493 second payment.
"GD gives cash while other NGOs gives goods."
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almost 6 years ago
Pamela
received a $493 second payment.
" The biggest difference in my daily life is that my child now has a house to sleep and no longer go ta ask"
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almost 6 years ago
Esabela
received a $493 second payment.
"Other organizations give help informs of loans which must later be paid back, unlike GiveDirectly that do not ask to be paid back."
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almost 6 years ago
Penina
received a $493 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am now living in a more spacious house where everyone of us can breath fresh air and find a place to sit as opposed to before when we were living in a small house that we exceeded its carrying capacity/ threshold."
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almost 6 years ago
Margaret
received a $493 second payment.
"I now have poultry house so my chicken have a good place to sleep in and I also have the hopes of soon plastering my house."
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