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
Onyango
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a permanent kiosk."
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over 8 years ago
Lilian
received a $99 initial payment.
"I would like to build a better house since I am living in a small house and start a cereal shop using my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Agnes
received a $496 second payment.
"My house was very small but now l have a very comfortable and specious house."
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over 8 years ago
Minyuma
received a $496 second payment.
"I now spend less time harrowing and ploughing my farm because I have a bull that use on my hand drawn plough to cover a large area within a short time."
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over 8 years ago
Joshua
received a $99 initial payment.
"Am planning to take my elder son for course."
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over 8 years ago
Lorine
received a $496 second payment.
"Other NGOs does not keep their promise, they promise to give us support but they fail to do so while GD full-fill theirs."
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over 8 years ago
Rose
received a $496 second payment.
"The biggest difference is that I now have a good house, I have improved my small business and paid school fees for my child."
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over 8 years ago
Julian
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy iron sheet, timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house for my family, my house fell due to the floods and am now homeless. "
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over 8 years ago
Penina
received a $496 second payment.
"The other NGOs enroll only orphaned children, while GD include all the needy people. "
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over 8 years ago
Feny
enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that we have been able to build our house using cash that we got from the sale of our farm produce. "
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