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
Mary
received a $493 second payment.
"Other organizations give help in the form of loans which have to be paid back, unlike GiveDirectly that do not ask to be paid back."
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over 8 years ago
Rose
received a $493 second payment.
"GD gives cash direct to recipients while other NGOs gives cash to recipients through other people."
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over 8 years ago
Saline
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy a steel door and repair my house with the upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
William
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to use my upcoming lump-sum payment to buy a piece of land."
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over 8 years ago
Lazarus
received a $493 second payment.
"GD has enabled me acquire a bigger investment than what I have ever had in my life before- sugarcane plantation, which has given me courage to soldier on in life the biggest difference in my daily life."
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over 8 years ago
Bonface
received a $99 initial payment.
"I will pay school fees for my son in college."
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over 8 years ago
Grace
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy a big water tank, 1 ox and a plough. "
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over 8 years ago
Agnes
received a $493 second payment.
"Other Ngos help us partially since their donations never suffice while GD is fully devoted to alleviating poverty in our community-it gives tangible donations-more reasonable amount of transfers."
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over 8 years ago
Caren
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy 2 cows and pay school fees for my children."
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over 8 years ago
Jackline
received a $493 second payment.
"GiveDirectly is very truthful in that it says something and does it exactly within the shortest time possible, unlike other organizations that never accomplish their promises over five years down the line."
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