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.
Josphine's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Josphine received a $477 third payment.
"I combined the second transfer I received with the third one and built three rental houses where I can collect rent every month."
Everline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Everline received a $477 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer to buy a cow worth 36,000 KES because I know it will give birth and I can sell its calves to pay school fees for my children because they are still going to school.I also bought house hold items."
Patricia's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Patricia received a $477 third payment.
"I added the third transfer I received from Give Directly to the second one and built a new house."
Jackline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Jackline received a $23 second payment.
"My life is currently different, I am able to use my pit latrine given that it has been completed and am not worried if visitors come to visit and use it."
Lilian's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Lilian received a $474 third payment.
"When we got our second transfer we started building our house because we did not have a house at home, though it was not enough and hence we boosted it with our third transfer to enable us finish building our house which we did.I also bought house hold items."
Mackquiline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mackquiline received a $474 third payment.
"My previous house was small and old that is why we decided to build a new and more spacious house with the third transfer that we received."
Ruth's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Ruth received a $633 second payment.
"If I had never received money from Give Directly,I would not have managed to accomplish most of the things I did due to lack of money,ie fencing my compound."
Syprose's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Syprose received a $23 second payment.
"I will be having solar lighting in my home and my children will be comfortable doing their studies. Besides that my family will no longer have a problem with food. Generally my home will be joyous."
Caroline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Caroline received a $474 third payment.
"I spent the whole of my transfer on organizing for the burial of my co-wife who had passed on at the time the transfers were sent. It was so burdening that I really doubt if I could have made it a lone.I was so happy that I comfortably paid for the mortuary bills and availed all the resources to accord the late co-wife a good send off. May God bless Give Directly."
Jenipha's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Jenipha received a $474 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer to buy cement that I used to plaster my house because the floor was too dusty.I also bought house hold items and a sack of maize for family consumption."