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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almost 9 years ago
Nancy
enrolled.
"The achievement am proudest of is my education. Atleast I got my high school certificate. Most girls drop out."
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almost 9 years ago
Beatrice
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is that ever since my spouse died I am the sole breadwinner for my children, I am often in ill health and therefore sometimes they sleep on empty stomachs because I am unable to work and get paid."
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almost 9 years ago
James
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having built my own homestead and even married a wife who has borne me four children, I am proud of this achievement because I was orphaned at a young age and I have had to struggle to get all that I have."
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almost 9 years ago
Emilly
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked as a fisherman and managed to save my earnings, with these earnings I have been able to buy a few goats."
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almost 9 years ago
Benard
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked as a motorcycle taxi driver and managed to save my wages, the saved wages were then used to buy materials for building a house and paying construction workers. I am now the proud owner of my own house."
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almost 9 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"I am proud of being able to switch from a leaking grass thatched house to an iron-sheet- roofed house."
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almost 9 years ago
Elizabeth
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that l own enough farm produce that I can sell inorder to earn a living."
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almost 9 years ago
Monica
enrolled.
"My biggest challenge is that sometimes I am not in a position to provide enough food due to low income."
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almost 9 years ago
Pamela
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I have managed to send all my eleven children to school despite the fact that I don't have a proper job."
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almost 9 years ago
Everline
enrolled.
"My biggest difficulty has been to raise school fees because even right now my children have been sent away due to lack of school fees."
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