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
James
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to invest a portion of the transfer in retail shop business. I'm also planning to invest the remaining portion in livestock."
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over 8 years ago
Ruth
received a $99 initial payment.
"We plan to spend my upcoming lump sum payment on construction of a new house"
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over 8 years ago
Joshua
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy more ironsheet, timber, nails and cement and build an iron roofed house."
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over 8 years ago
Bahati
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to pay my daughter collage fee with a portion of the transfer. I'm also planning to cement my house with the remaining portion because currently my house is earth."
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over 8 years ago
Judith
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy windows and doors and fix in my house. I also plan to buy cement and cement the walls of my house."
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over 8 years ago
Carine
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to pay fee to my daughter in high school. I also planning to buy a donkey to help me fetch water because I'm far from the lake. I have a plan of buying some animals with the remaining portion."
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over 8 years ago
George
received a $99 initial payment.
"We are planning to fix my upcoming lump sum payment in an Account, and wait for last Lump sum transfer, put the money together and buy a new motorbike as a source of income."
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over 8 years ago
Moses
received a $99 initial payment.
"We are planning to spend my upcoming lump sum payment on fencing our farm to protect our crop against destructive wild animals, and also building a pit latrine"
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over 8 years ago
Pamela
received a $99 initial payment.
"I hope to spend part of the transfer on shopping for my child who is joining a nursing college soon, and also add some money to pay college fees for my child."
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over 8 years ago
George
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to cement the floor of my house. It is earth and full of jiggers. I'm also planning to build a pit latrine. Current I answer my calls at my brother's latrine which isn't sound nobble."
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