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
Anna
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is educating my children since I don't have a proper income. My husband who was the breadwinner passed away recently."
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over 8 years ago
Mercy
enrolled.
"The proudest achievement is that we get our daily needs from farming where we put a lot of effort"
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over 8 years ago
Aska
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is educating the children I was left with since I have no income."
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over 8 years ago
Jane
received a $99 initial payment.
"I hope to complete constructing the kitchen, buy cement and cement the floor of my house. I also plan to buy a milk cow and a television set for my entertainment."
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over 8 years ago
Kenedy
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to extend my house to make it more spacious because I have 9 children and my house is small. I plan to repair my fishing boat because it's one of my sources of income. I also plan to buy oxen for ploughing so that I may increase food production for my family."
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over 8 years ago
Jessicah
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to enlarge my house because my current house is too small. I'm also planning to cement both walls and floor of the house I'll enlarge."
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over 8 years ago
Salome
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to repair my house because it is in bad shape. I have a plan of fitting windows and and a metallic door with a portion of the remaining transfer while the rest I'll use to build a pit latrine."
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over 8 years ago
Susan
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a larger iron roofed house because my current house is too small. I'm also planning to pay my high school son fee with the remaining portion."
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over 8 years ago
Lewnida
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to move to my own compound because we are still living in my parent in law's home. I also plan to buy ironsheet, timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house."
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over 8 years ago
Eunice
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy barbed wire and fence my compound to improve security, because I keep losing my items to theft."
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