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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David's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
David enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having struggled and saved most of my daily wages for quite some time until I finally managed to build my own homestead in 2014."
Helen's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Helen enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to educate all my children up to tertiary level of education, my income is not very large and due to this most of my children might only be able to complete primary school."
Alice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a reliable source of income thereby making life to be unbearable at times. We depend on quarrying for income but this has peak and off peak hours."
Everline's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Everline enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have been able to pay school fees for our child up to high school level. We have been able to do this from the little money we have been saving."
Mary's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have tried so hard and managed to construct a small house which we live in."
James's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
James enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have worked very hard and have been able to buy some cows which we keep. We get milk from the cows when they give birth."
David's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
David enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is inadequacy in the supply of water in this area. We have to trek for long distance to fetch water for domestic use. This has been a major hardship for being that we are nowadays elderly."
Teresa's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Teresa enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to build a house for my family. I was able to do this after saving money which I got from a local table banking group which am a member. I used the money to buy iron sheets and labour."
Beatrice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I educated my sister up to fourth form and she has become a successful business person."
Linet's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Linet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in life is marital conflict. I am never at peace with my spouse."