How Eunice used her pandemic relief cash | GiveDirectly

Eunice lives in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya and was one of 494 people who received $1125 no strings attached between Nov. 2020 and June 2021 as part of a GiveDirectly COVID-19 relief program focused on entrepreneurs. For more voices from her program, visit https://www.givedirectly.org/eunice-o...

This program, funded by Google.org, paired unrestricted cash transfers with free budgeting and entrepreneurial training from SHOFCO (a local NGO). This “cash plus” design aimed to enable women entrepreneurs to both withstand the worst impacts of COVID-19 restrictions and make meaningful investments in their businesses. This was one of dozens of GiveDirectly programs run in the past year.

GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that lets donors send money directly to the world’s poorest households. We believe people living in poverty deserve the dignity to choose for themselves how best to improve their lives — cash enables that choice. To date, we’ve sent over $400M to more than 1 million people in ten countries. http://www.GiveDirectly.org/about

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