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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over 8 years ago
Samwel
received a $493 second payment.
"GD has increased the stock of my wealth; more livestock-cows and oxen. And I don't need to be worried anymore when in problem, since I have a safety net in place, the biggest difference in my daily life."
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over 8 years ago
Lilian
received a $493 second payment.
"GD has moved me to another level. "
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over 8 years ago
Evaline
received a $493 second payment.
"I now live in a good iron roofed house, I used to live in a small house which was very uncomfortable."
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over 8 years ago
Elsa
received a $493 second payment.
"GD gives cash direct to recipients without involving government body while other NGOs involves government in giving cash."
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over 8 years ago
Judith
received a $493 second payment.
"GD gives us reasonable amount of transfers that can cater for majority of our needs while other Ngos donate little that cannot transform our lives."
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over 8 years ago
Thomas
received a $493 second payment.
"GiveDirectly acts with assurity and there's evidence in their work but other organizations take people's names and you are never assured that you'll be a beneficiary."
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over 8 years ago
Matthew
received a $493 second payment.
"Donations from GD reach us directly via our phones while those from other Ngos reach us via area chiefs, who misappropriate them."
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over 8 years ago
Millicent
received a $493 second payment.
"I am grateful my child healed because we thought he had epilesy but we had no money to take him to the hospital but when we took him to the hospital after receiving money from GD the doctors diagnosed him with strong malaria which is all gone now."
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over 8 years ago
Ochiel
received a $475 third payment.
"I was homeless living in my grandmothers house but now I have my own house. I am so happy."
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over 8 years ago
Walter
received a $493 second payment.
"I use my bicycle to transport people and earn a daily income that helps me access basic needs and pay rent. I invested in sugarcane that i will sell and build a house."
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