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.
Stephen's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Stephen enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to take care of the education needs of my children. "
Micheal's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Micheal enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough food for my family to eat."
Justine's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Justine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. This is because I do not have money to start income generatiing activity."
Magrate's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Magrate received a $471 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer I felt happy. For so long we had suffered under the wrath of poverty so seeing this transfer in the phone was a big relief."
John's family
access_time over 5 years ago
John received a $452 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I owned livestock which I couldn't have bought in the short period of time given my previous situation of buying everything even food, but now I have owned 2 bulls and two cows, which are to help me ease farming and cows will produce milk for the family once they reproduce."
Hellen's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Hellen received a $471 initial payment.
"we had excess joy and happiness as a whole family because we received assistance from Give Directly. We laughed, danced and Ululated Thanking the Donors for financial support. I started having many plans running in my mind on how I will spend this transfer before I even discussed it my spouse and whatever I thought rimed with my spouse's thought as well."
Christine's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Christine received a $471 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I'm a happy person. This is because, this transfer has enabled me to start the construction of my permanent which will save me from the problems of the current house that usually leaks whenever it rains."
Sarah's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Sarah received a $471 initial payment.
"I sleep in a cool house that I mop compared to the days when my house was dusty and looking ugly. I also have a peace of mind since I have managed to clear my son's tuition arrears for the previous semester."
Hellen's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Hellen received a $471 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I'm always living life with a lot of joy . I am feeling loved by the fact that, GD sent such a huge amount of money to me. This makes me feel differently from the days when worry was the order of the day."
David's family
access_time over 5 years ago
David received a $471 initial payment.
"My life has changed to a large extent because I have bought a cow, building materials and households items. I live a happy life seeing all thing achievements I have acquired through Give Directly because trust me I would not have bought a cow or building materials on my own if it wasn't of Give Directly."