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
Samuel
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend it on buying farming bulls, extend my house, plaster my house clear school fees, start up a small business"
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over 8 years ago
Jactone
received a $497 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have my children in school because I paid school fees."
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over 8 years ago
William
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to enlarge my house as it cannot comfortably contain my family and our belongings."
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over 8 years ago
Pamela
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to use my upcoming lump-sum payment to build a new house."
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over 8 years ago
Silphanus
received a $99 initial payment.
"I planning to repair my house, build a poultry house and buy household goods."
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over 8 years ago
Pamela
received a $99 initial payment.
"I will renovate my main house using some part of my upcoming lumpsum payment and educate my children using the remaining amount."
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over 8 years ago
Mary
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to go clear school fees for my child to get certificates ."
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over 8 years ago
Pamela
received a $497 second payment.
"So many NGOs take children in the village that they want to support them but we do not see the support , while give direct give people money directly to support yourself."
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over 8 years ago
David
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to start a kiosk/ a general shop using the whole of my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Richard
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to add construction materials (sand, cement, iron sheets etc) to complete construction of my house."
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