AdvertisementResearchers Find A Remarkable Ripple Effect When You Give Cash To Poor FamiliesDecember 02, 2019Nurith AizenmanfacebookEmailDenis Otieno and his daughter plant a cypress sapling purchased with money received from the charity GiveDirectly back in 2017. More recently, the charity teamed up with researchers to study the impact of cash grants on the wider community. (Nichole Sobecki for NPR)