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.
Margaret's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Margaret enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have is that fending for my family yet i only depend on agriculture which is destroyed by too much sunshine. I would also need to have an income generating activity."
Lovisa's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Lovisa enrolled.
"Raising my family of eight children as a single mother since my husband died only depending on farming on our small land has been my biggest hardship in life."
Millicent's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Millicent received a $23 fourth payment.
"In the next six months I expect to have improved my farming, I will apply the use of fertilizer to increase my produce."
Sunan's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Sunan received a $454 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I nolonger have worries and financial constraints because I have money that I use sparingly. Where as in the past I could not afford some basic needs because I did not have any money."
Joab's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Joab received a $23 fifth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the event that I get a new job that will be able to sustain me for me a long time. I also expect to get a lady to marry since I now have cash that will be able to sustain the two of us."
Dickson's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Dickson received a $23 fifth payment.
"I thank Give Directly because I expect to be living a better life, put on decent clothes and above all my family will be much healthier."
Fredrivk's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Fredrivk received a $45 initial payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have built a decent kitchen that my children can use for sleeping because the one I have currently is not in good condition."
Ruth's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Ruth received a $23 third payment.
"My life is currently different the way it would have been if I did not receive the money in that I can now have a timeline of achieving my goals because I'm sure of getting money monthly."
Charles's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Charles received a $27 initial payment.
"I expect to have a bigger house in the next six months so that whenever I have visitors I won't have to take them to my neighbor to host them."
Julia's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Julia received a $23 third payment.
"My life is currently different from the way it would have been if I did not receive the money in that we now have peace in the family. This is because I no longer have to ask my spouse for money which was bringing a lot of conflicts between us especially when he did not have anything to offer."