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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Fredrick's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Fredrick enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in life is that I lack money to boost my business so as to be able to change my living standards."
Joseph's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have educated our children through income generated from farming. We now have a daughter in the university and two boys in high school and that makes us very happy."
Ruth's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Ruth enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is how to get fresh drinking water because water scarcity is a very big issue in this area since the main source of water is very far away from the village and buying water daily from the vendors is also expensive."
Joy's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Joy enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of proper source of income to maintain my family's needs."
John's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
John enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack over dependency since I have four orphans that l support plus my own children."
Lencer's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Lencer enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we have face in life is lack of a stable source of income to support the basic needs of the family."
Sarah's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Sarah enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I am overwhelmed by the huge fee balance that I owe in school. I don't have any other reasonable source of income to help me offset the balance."
Dorothy's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Dorothy enrolled.
"The biggest hardship was losing our livestock which we depended on because of the hot weather. Paying school fees is also a problem."
Alice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is lack of money and meeting our daily needs."
Jane's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"The proudest achievement is that we have a houe and we are educating our children ."