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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Musa's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Musa enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in life is that I lack money to build a house and I have a chest condition that does not allow me to engage in hard work."
Rosemelody's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rosemelody enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in life is that I have no proper source of income currently and I have many children whom I have adopted that requires school fee."
Judith's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Judith enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in life is that I lack money to build a house because I lack a good and reliable source of income. "
Tom's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Tom enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that I have been able to take my son to school up to secondary school level using cash that I got from the sale of my farm produce even after the death of my wife."
George's family
access_time over 8 years ago
George enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that I have been able to build a house that I now stay in using cash that I had been saving from the casual jobs that I was doing. "
Sheba's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Sheba received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend it on making chairs ."
Anjeline's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Anjeline received a $495 second payment.
"GD their money is nonrefundable while other NGOs you must refund there money."
Judith's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Judith received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend it on building my own home ."
Alfred's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Alfred enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that we have no source of income and meeting our daily needs is very hard."
Fred's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Fred enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is lack of a good paying job."