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
Thomas
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build an iron-roofed house, clear the school fees balance for my daughter and buy some cows using my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Benter
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to enlarge my house because my current house is small in size. I'm also planning to cement both walls and floor of my house because at the moment its earth."
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over 8 years ago
Gidions
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to clear secondary fees for my daughters and cement the floor of my main house using my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Philip
received a $495 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I've already acquired fencing materials which I never imagined I would ever achieve. Hopefully my home will be safer from stray wild animals."
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over 8 years ago
Grace
received a $495 second payment.
"l was taken with one of the NGOs but l was only given shoe which was also big that l could not put on so they do not prioritize my needs while GD did because it gave me money and l prioritize my need"
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over 8 years ago
Esther
received a $495 second payment.
"The projects started by other NGOs sometimes pass through middle men who sometimes discriminate on those who are to receive help. GD deals directly with individual households."
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over 8 years ago
Sarah
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build a kitchen, buy chairs and pay school fees."
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over 8 years ago
Silvant
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to purchase a land using the whole of my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Pamelah
received a $99 initial payment.
"When I get my upcoming payment, I will build a better house and enroll in a college with the remaining amount of my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Mary
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build a shop and barber shop."
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