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.
Michael's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Michael received a $448 second payment.
"My life is different than if I had not received this cash transfer in that I now have a pit latrine which has improved on hygiene and sanitation in my family."
Jenifer's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jenifer received a $448 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I have hope of sleeping in a better house compared to the situation before, where I used to sleep in a grass thatched house."
James's family
access_time over 5 years ago
James received a $23 eighth payment.
"I would want to plant using fertilizer and hybrid seeds which help get good harvest."
Roba's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Roba enrolled.
"My most troubling worry is always about housing whereby paying up for my rent on time has always been a burden to me given that my job is always a casual one that lacks financial assurity and many of the times that I don't go for work I am unable to pay for my rent. This do makes my landlord to most of the times lock up my house. The worry of being unable to meet my daily needs like food is also a trouble to me. Lack of enough money do make me unable to get enough food for my house. "
Barack's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Barack enrolled.
"I wake up, go for football practise, get back home, i prepare something to eat then i leave in the evening for football practise. But if i get called for a job, I postphone my football practise and go to work. When i am free, I can read novels, watch a movie or visit friends."
Lazarus's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Lazarus received a $448 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have been in position to get two additional acres, that am intending to cultivate when the rainy season begin, I wouldn't have got these two acres had I not received money from Give Directly. Am also expecting to own a cow once prices lower."
Cylvia's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Cylvia enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of adequate income due to lack of stable job that makes it difficult at times to pay school fees for my children. "
Benard's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Benard received a $543 initial payment.
"I felt very good because I was in dire need of the mooney and it coame at the right time."
Mary's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Mary received a $448 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I have been able to build a better house to stay in because I used to sleep under dilapidated structure before."
Sam's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Sam received a $448 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I have got a peace of mind and have owned decent clothes that have made me feel very comfortable when with other people in the community. Am also expecting to construct an iron roofed house which was difficult to build before receiving."