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
Agustine
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I believe I would have started poultry farming and I will be financially stable. I expect to earn money through the sale of eggs. This will enable me to get money for paying school fees and buying household expenditure."
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over 5 years ago
Chelangat
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"We expect in the six months to have bought extra land. This will help use us plant more feed for a dairy cow. We will facilitate this by using income from the tea plants we have and that we have saved from the transfers."
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over 5 years ago
Grace
received a $50 fourth payment.
"It was in the morning when I received a message notification on my phone that I have received my transfers from Give Directly. I was preparing to go to my shop and I was so happy since I had planned earlier to use my transfers to improve my house."
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over 5 years ago
Jennifer
received a $460 second payment.
"Life is different than it would have been because feeding and dressing has greatly improved, and I can afford medical treatment. Before, life was difficult in that I couldn't afford a better diet, meet medical cost when children get sick, children used to half naked which was embarrassing when I receive visitors. "
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over 5 years ago
Jackson
received a $471 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have gained self esteem. My self esteem has been lifted from "a nobody" to some "body." I want to thank the family of GiveDirectly and the donor community for the support rendered."
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over 5 years ago
Anna
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect in the next six months to have purchased a dairy cow. I will use the transfers I have saved through table banking and also the income from the chickens I have."
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over 5 years ago
Edwin
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have built my savings which I shall use to buy other household items that I have not yet bought. These will include buying new mattresses and new blankets for my family. The items will replace the old ones, hence we shall always be able to sleep comfortably."
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over 5 years ago
Simon
received a $200 initial payment.
"It was seven O'clock in the morning when I woke up to the good news that I have received money from Give Directly. I prayed and thanked God since I knew that I will expand my business and I will be be able to help my mother pay school fees for my sister in secondary school. I was so happy since I knew that I will no longer struggle to meet my basic needs."
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over 5 years ago
Judy
received a $50 fourth payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am no longer idle at home, I am now realizing my dream by studying a course in catering that I always wanted to study, so I can open up my own business."
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over 5 years ago
Stephen
received a $368 second payment.
"My life is currently different in that my sister is now in a boarding secondary school. I had decided to take her to a day school since the money I got from casual jobs was not enough to pay all the school fees. She would have also walked daily for a long distance to get to the school and this could have affected her performance. She is now performing well in the boarding school and that is my happiness. I was also able to fulfill my dream of joining a college to further my studies something which has always been in my mind since I used my transfers to enroll in one of the colleges. I also have my own house in my rural home and I no longer sleep with my neighbors."
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