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.
Elizabeth's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Elizabeth received a $493 second payment.
"Other organizations start very promising only to collapse along the way but GiveDirectly has been very truthful to their word and very consistent."
Zablon's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Zablon received a $476 third payment.
"I bought two cows for 26000 KES, spent 10000 KES to pay dowry, bought iron sheets 7000 KES and spent 4000 KES to build a house."
Millicent's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Millicent received a $493 second payment.
"I had an old house that was falling off but now i have a big safe house."
Ada's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Ada received a $493 second payment.
"l have never hard about any NGOs apart from GD."
George's family
access_time over 8 years ago
George received a $493 second payment.
"GD gives us money directly and in my whole life i have never encountered a life changing NGO like GD."
Crispin's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Crispin received a $493 second payment.
"GD sends us donations directly to us while other Ngos channel our donations through the hands of other people, which we dislike with passion due to corruption."
Maurice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Maurice received a $493 second payment.
"Other Ngos like World Vision and Aphia Nyanza misappropriate donation that are meant to us-not for sale donations while GD ensures that our donations reach us intact."
Wilfridah's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Wilfridah received a $493 second payment.
"I am at peace because my child was able to join college which I could not afford, all these happened because of GD."
Caroline's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Caroline received a $493 second payment.
"I am very happy because i used to live in a small house and my husband is now old and could not afford to build me a new house but with support from GD has enabled me expand the small house and now i have three big rooms, i have shoes and clothes and food is not a problem any more."
Beatrice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Beatrice received a $493 second payment.
"I am now customary married to my husband and therefore we are now united as one soul as opposed to before when we lived in come-we-stay relationship, the biggest difference our daily life."