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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.
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over 5 years ago
Augustine
received a $472 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that now I'm going to start the construction work for my new house which will provide good shelter for my family because at the moment my family stays in one grass thatched house which links when it rains."
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over 5 years ago
Beatrice
received a $22 eighth payment.
"I am planning to buy household items such as a new sofa-set which I have always lacked for quite a long time. The seat that I have right now is old and in a dilapidated state and it embarrasses me so much whenever I get visitors who come to pay me a visit.
Once I get the seats I know my living standard will have been elevated to some extent."
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over 5 years ago
Steven
received a $22 eighth payment.
"I have a plan of buying a cow that I will rear into the future and I am very sure that in the future it will give birth to other young calf which I will be ale to sell out whenever I am broke. In addition to that I will be able to get a lot of milk supply from the cow that I will buy in the near future. Getting the milk supply will help me save the cash I would have used to buy the milk from the shops."
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over 5 years ago
Janet
received a $472 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily is that I have already started constructing a nice house. Before the cash transfer we were living in a congested small house. My home will be decent and comfortable after I complete constructing my house."
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over 5 years ago
Mary
received a $472 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that GiveDirectly sent me money that I have never held before. This has enabled me acquire alot of house hold items.
I am very happy that my dream of constructing and living in an iron roofed house will soon be realized."
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over 5 years ago
Simon
received a $472 initial payment.
"The first biggest difference in my daily is that my family dresses decently.
Secondly I am happy because I was able to pay part of my debts and I retained my farmland.
Thirdly, we now have two decent meals compared to the past when we would struggle to have one meal in a day."
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over 5 years ago
Charles
received a $472 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I felt very happy because I have got money for building my permanent structure which I could not have managed on my own."
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over 5 years ago
Stephen
received a $454 second payment.
"My life is different than if I had not received this cash transfer in that, I have bought a motor cycle that I am using for boda boda transport business which gives my household daily income. Before I received this cash transfer, I used to hire other people's motor cycles on a daily basis which coud not allow me meet my family needs."
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over 5 years ago
Florence
received a $472 initial payment.
"Initially I used to be a gloomy person but when money entered my phone, I felt so happy and ran to my mother-in-law's home ululating. I kept singing praise for a one Peter Aupal a field officer for bringing Give Directly to my home and enrolling me for a program."
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over 5 years ago
Florence
received a $472 initial payment.
"I became so happy and immediately came out asking my neighbors whether they have also received their transfers. I thanked God and praised him for bringing GD to help me. I collected my transfer that very day and used as I planned to purchase construction materials."
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