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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Damaris's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Damaris enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is when I realized I was a second wife when I was brought back to the village. Something that I wasn't aware of. "
Johnson's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Johnson received a $99 initial payment.
"Am planning to take dowry to my in-laws, farnish my house by cementing the walls and floor of the house then pay school fee for my child."
Benson's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Benson received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to open a cyber cafe with the whole of my upcoming lumpsum payment when I will receive it."
Rose's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rose received a $99 initial payment.
"One of my children has been staying at home yet her colleagues are in school and therefore when I get this upcoming lumpsum payment, I will enroll her to a college."
Daniel's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Daniel received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build my main house of 35 iron sheets with the whole of my upcoming lumpsum payment."
Catherine's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Catherine received a $99 initial payment.
"Am planning to build an iron roofed kitchen then cement the floor of the main house and then buy sofasets for the house."
Joseph's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Joseph received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to expand my main house and plaster it with sand and cement with the whole of my upcoming lumpsum payment."
James's family
access_time over 8 years ago
James received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to expand and plaster my house and to build anew house."
Lilian's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Lilian received a $99 initial payment.
"Part of my upcoming lumpsum payment will go to my college school fees and the rest in charcoal business."
Pamela's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Pamela received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build a new house and pay school fees with my upcoming lump-sum payment."