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. Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
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Rosa's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rosa received a $98 initial payment.
"I'm planning to buy some oxen which I'll use in farming. I'm also planning to enlarge my house because it is small in size."
Sophia's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Sophia received a $98 initial payment.
"I plan to buy oxen for ploughing my farm, and also complete building my iron roofed house that I had started building."
Margaret's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Margaret received a $98 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a spacious iron roofed house because my current house is small in size. I'm also planning to build a pit latrine because current I have none and help myself in the nearby bushes."
Pelesia's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Pelesia received a $98 initial payment.
"I plan to buy ironsheet and construct an iron roofed house."
Mary's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Mary received a $98 initial payment.
"I'm planning to pay school fees with the coming transfer."
Irene's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Irene received a $98 initial payment.
"I had started builbing an iron roofed house, I plan to buy materials: building bricks, iron sheet and cement, and finish building my house that I had started building."
Elizabeth's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Elizabeth received a $98 initial payment.
"I'm planning to cement both walls and floor of my house because it is earth at the moment."
Josinta's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Josinta received a $98 initial payment.
"I'm planning to cement both floor and walls of my house. This will see me free from Frequent house repairs. I'm also planning to pay my sister in collage fees."
Boaz's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Boaz received a $98 initial payment.
"I'm planning to invest the coming transfer in retail shop business."
Daniel's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Daniel received a $98 initial payment.
"I'm planning to invest a larger portion of the coming transfer in retail shop business. I'm also planning to invest the rest in livestock."