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
Mercy
received a $4 initial payment.
"My life is now different from before because i no longer allow my child who studies in a boarding school to be sent home for school fees. The transfers from Givedirectly has really assisted me."
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6 years ago
Mildred
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I that I have is lack of adequate income to enable me buy food for my children who at times go to school without taking food. "
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6 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of money to join college. This has demoralized me but still have hopes that I will actually get money and come out of it. "
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6 years ago
Jane
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been because my family dresses well now, we can afford decent meals unlike before, and there's general feeling of hapiness instead of stress."
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6 years ago
Rose
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means buying oxen and ox plough that will save my household, the cost of hiring and delaying to plough farms every farming season."
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6 years ago
Anna
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of money to buy agricultural inputs like oxen and ox plough."
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6 years ago
Geoffrey
received a $4 initial payment.
"Now I am no longer struggling too much to feed my family since I spend some of the payment to buy food for my family."
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6 years ago
Brenda
received a $4 initial payment.
"In the next six months i will have a cow that will provide milk for domestic use and sale to get an income."
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6 years ago
Bii
received a $22 initial payment.
"In the next six months I will have improved livestock production savings.I am also planning to plant maize to ensure sustainable food production using the next transfer. God willing I will have started a new business in the next six months.My target in poultry farming in the six months is to have 100 chicken layers which currently are only 10."
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6 years ago
Naumy
received a $4 initial payment.
"The new goal that I have gotten since I started receiving the transfer is that I want go back to school. I am going back to class eight."
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