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
Fredrick
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to construct a house for my family. I managed to do this through the savings that I made from my work as a welder."
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over 8 years ago
Silvant
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I am a hard working father to my children and I ensure that they attend school."
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over 8 years ago
Agneta
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have established my home on my own after my spouse's death over nineteen years ago."
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over 8 years ago
Samson
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that is that us as orphans we do not have anyone to guide us on challenges of life. At times my siblings lack schools and we have no one to turn to for help,at times we are sick but through God's grace we get heald."
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over 8 years ago
Jocinter
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is that I am a widow, I have a large family but lacks a good source of income."
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over 8 years ago
Erick
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is lack of capital and not being able to expand my business"
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over 8 years ago
Dorothy
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we face is financial instability. As much as we try to make ends meet, there's always a deficit."
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over 8 years ago
Rosemary
enrolled.
"The achievement am proudest of is educating my children. Although they only made it through high school, I feel proud because I did my best as a parent."
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over 8 years ago
Ephraim
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to buy some oxen and a ploughing machine which can be used to help with tilling our farm, we use manual methods when farming and this is not very efficient."
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over 8 years ago
Rose
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to buy a piece of land somewhere and build a house for my family, my in laws are very hostile toward me and I fear they may evict me from my current piece of land, in fact I have been forced to send four of my children to my father's home."
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