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
Phoebe
received a $493 second payment.
"GD gives cash direct to recipients while other NGOs gives cash through other people."
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over 8 years ago
Margret
received a $493 second payment.
"GiveDirectly transparently gives the cash directly to the recipients, unlike other organizations that pass their helps through the local authorities who then take everything for themselves."
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over 8 years ago
Julita
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to repair my house and buy a cow with the upcoming lumpsum transfer payment."
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over 8 years ago
Mercy
received a $493 second payment.
"I am now looking more attractive and more beautiful because I have been dressing well since I started receiving transfers. This has renewed love and happiness between me and my husband the biggest difference in our daily lives."
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over 8 years ago
Judith
received a $493 second payment.
"My life has improved because I have moved from rental house to my own compound, this makes me so independent."
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over 8 years ago
Aska
received a $493 second payment.
"GD do not ask for refunds while other NGOs gives loans."
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over 8 years ago
Eunice
received a $493 second payment.
"GD gives out money directly and we don't need to be coerced how to spend it while other Ngos give us material gifts including what we already have and through the hands of other people who also stole them."
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over 8 years ago
John
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to complete payment of school fees and also buy a cow."
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over 8 years ago
George
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to construct a new house as the current one is too small."
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over 8 years ago
Alice
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy iron sheet, timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house for my family."
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