In Kenya, free cash is the latest solution to poverty

In Kenya, free cash is the latest solution to poverty

Somes villagers in western Kenya are receiving a universal basic income, an experimental programme by the American NGO Give Directly as a way to reduce poverty Somes villagers in western Kenya are receiving a universal basic income, an experimental programme by the American NGO Give Directly as a way to reduce poverty

Until recently, Molly struggled to imagine life beyond the end of each repetitive day: work in someone else’s fields and earn enough to eat, rinse, repeat.

"It was a vicious circle I could not escape," says the 25-year-old villager in the Bondo region of western Kenya.Her hardscrabble, rural existence […]

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