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. Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
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Martin's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Martin enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is struggling to take care of my two orphaned grandchildren while not having enough money or a steady source of income. "
Alice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship am facing is I don't have a income, I trained in tailoring but I don't have the machine to practice. "
Sabina's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Sabina enrolled.
"The biggest hardship am facing is am homeless and live in my mother in laws house. "
Tabitha's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Tabitha enrolled.
"The biggest hardship am facing is the finishing of my current house is not good and when there are heavy rains, it leaks. "
Vivian's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Vivian enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is living with my children in a grass thatched house which leaks every time it rains. "
Christine's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"The achievement am proudest of is buying household items out of the small money I get from the casual work I do. "
Aloice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Aloice received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend it on building my own house and clear silk loan."
Alice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is when my husband died and left me with children that I now had to take care of on my own. That was a huge burden for me"
Peninah's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Peninah received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build a house with the upcoming lumpsum transfer payment."
Millicent's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Millicent enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is when both my sister in law and her husband passed on leaving their children who were very young under my care. The burden became too much"