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
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. "
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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. "
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over 8 years ago
Sabina
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship am facing is am homeless and live in my mother in laws house. "
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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. "
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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. "
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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. "
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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."
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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"
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over 8 years ago
Peninah
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build a house with the upcoming lumpsum transfer payment."
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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"
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