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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Wilkister's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Wilkister received a $496 second payment.
"Am now having lighter load when it comes to food because I have maize in my house."
Mourine's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Mourine received a $496 second payment.
"The biggest difference i have seen in my life is that i am now in a good spacious house."
Gilbert's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Gilbert received a $496 second payment.
"My life has really changed because l now have a specious comfortable house that accommodate me with my family."
Lillian's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Lillian received a $496 second payment.
"I have bought a cow that will give me milk that I can consume and also sell and again give me manure to use on my farm."
Beatrice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that through the small businesses I do, my children have been able to go to school."
Judith's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Judith enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is struggling to support my children after the death of their father six years ago. "
Rose's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is setting up my own house and home, using savings obtained from the sale of crops from our farm. "
Samuel's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Samuel enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is building my own house from the little income from my subsistence farming. "
Florance's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Florance enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is paying school fees for my children up to where they currently are. Most of them are still in primary school, though. "
Florence's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Florence enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life lack of income, especially when I cannot find casual work in the village. "