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.
access_time
over 5 years ago
Rosemary
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is lack proper source of income. I depend on casual labor services that are unreliable. This makes it difficult to provide for my family's basic needs."
View Rosemary's
profile
access_time
over 5 years ago
Nicholas
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means liberation from the bondage of hard labor. I am motorcycle rider with no personal motorcycle. I depend on commission that is not very predictable. I would therefore like to spend the transfer on buying my own motorcycle."
View Nicholas's
profile
access_time
over 5 years ago
Eunice
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that Givedirectly has shown mercy to us who are poor and it will enable me lease land to plant maize and sugarcane to improve on food for the family and the sugarcane will be sold upon maturity to earn money for the family, which shall be used to pay school fees to our children."
View Eunice's
profile
access_time
over 5 years ago
Namaganda
received a $468 initial payment.
"The difference is that am able to feeding myself well and am now healthy than before GD giving me support."
View Namaganda's
profile
access_time
over 5 years ago
Justine
received a $468 initial payment.
"The difference is as I got this money am now able to cater for myself and am now not worried of bad life."
View Justine's
profile
access_time
over 5 years ago
Ajabu
received a $468 initial payment.
"A difference I have in life is that I am building a good house which I didn't have."
View Ajabu's
profile
access_time
over 5 years ago
Namunana
received a $468 initial payment.
"I was very happy because I didn't expect such an opportunity."
View Namunana's
profile
access_time
over 5 years ago
Awoli
received a $468 initial payment.
"The difference is that am building a permanent house which I didn't have at first."
View Awoli's
profile
access_time
over 5 years ago
Mboowa
received a $468 initial payment.
"The difference in my life is that am now building a house which didn't have before GD's support."
View Mboowa's
profile
access_time
over 5 years ago
Najuwa
received a $468 initial payment.
"The difference is that now am able to acquire most of the things I need"
View Najuwa's
profile