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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6 years ago
John
enrolled.
"The achievement that am proudest of was buying land to build my own home.It was quite a struggle because I didn't have a reliable income but through farming I managed to save,buy land and eventually built my house.Am proud to be a home owner just like any other person."
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6 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of money to improve my farming activities, due to this I have been just cultivating a small potion of land, and yield are also low because am not able to use fertilizer to get more produce."
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6 years ago
Elizabeth
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship has been lack of enough money to pay school fees for my children and provide basic needs to them, being aretiree it not been easy on my side."
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6 years ago
Grace
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is the bamper harvest i always get every season, i am able to feed family well and sell the rest to pay fees for my grandchildren."
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6 years ago
Mercy
received a $4 initial payment.
"In the next six months i will have build a shop and introduced some other household items like sugar and the other food ingredients. This will give me greater returns as i will also keep doing my grocery business."
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6 years ago
Judith
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that I have now gained self esteem which was lacking before I received Give directly's unconditional cash transfers which has enabled me to acquire necessary items for life. Before this support, my life was useless and I felt neglected by my community."
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6 years ago
Saul
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is differnet in that, I now own two bulls which enable me to do early planting of crops in order to get better yields. Before Give Directly's money, I had to wait for other farmers with bulls to finish ploughing in order for me also to plough for easy planting of crops."
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6 years ago
David
received a $453 second payment.
"I have now enough land to cultivate since I was able to recover the land I had mortgaged, food production will not be a challenge now and my children have acquired all the basic needs for education."
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6 years ago
Norah
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that, ' I have recovered my three acres of land that was mortgaged and to my surprise, they wanted to own because I had no hope of paying back the mortgage amount. Am going to start using my land to cultivate crops to support my family. "
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6 years ago
Rebeca
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is the poultry farming project that I started five years ago with only two chicken. I now have a big poultry house with 25 chicken and 11 chicks. I have sold some chicken and bought a goat."
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