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
Rose
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to construct a bigger and new house and also buy a cow."
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over 8 years ago
Terry
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to start a second-hand clothing business, start poultry farming and also construct a kitchen."
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over 8 years ago
Esther
received a $493 second payment.
"My life has improved because my previous house was almost falling but now I have a plastered house which is stable."
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over 8 years ago
Anjiline
received a $493 second payment.
"GiveDirectly doesn't have middlemen while other NGOs have a lot of middlemen."
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over 8 years ago
Joseph
received a $493 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life that I can now mention is that I am now having a latrine that has improved my sanitation. We don't need to worry anymore where to seek for both long and short calls."
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over 8 years ago
Millicent
received a $99 initial payment.
"We are planning to complete payment of the land and buy some building materials."
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over 8 years ago
Zephenia
received a $493 second payment.
"GD is better than other Ngos since its donations reaches us more directly. Other Ngos channel our donations through the hands of other people, where they are slashed before they reach us."
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over 8 years ago
Lilian
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy new iron sheets so as to repair the roof of the house and also buying some furniture."
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over 8 years ago
Alice
received a $493 second payment.
"GD does not ask for refunds while other NGOs gives loans."
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over 8 years ago
Christine
received a $99 initial payment.
"we are planning to build a house with the upcoming lumpsum transfer."
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