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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Pamela's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Pamela received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on building an iron roofed house.I also want to buy a calf and pay school fees."
Caroline's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Caroline received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on buying building materials(iron sheets,windows and a door).I also want to pay school fees for my child."
Mary's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Mary received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on plastering my house.I also want to pay school fees and buy a mattress."
Penina's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Penina received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming payment on paying dowry for my daughter in law.I also want to plaster my house and buy a cow."
Elizabeth's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that I have managed to keep up with my business of selling fingerlings and this has supported my family and I even after the death of my husband."
Emaculate's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Emaculate enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is in terms of getting cash that I can use to continue with my business of selling French fries as this is my other source of income that I depend on when farming fails."
Eunice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Eunice enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that my husband was able to build his own boat that he uses during fishing using cash that he has been saving from the fishing job."
Lilian's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that we have been able to get some cash from my husband's savings that we used to buy some cement that we used to plaster the walls of our house as initially it was built using mud."
Beryl's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Beryl enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I used to stay in our moms house but we managed to get cash through hard work as a casual laborers that enabled us to build the house that we now live in."
Lydia's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Lydia enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting school fees,food and taking my family to hospital whenever they are sick is a challenge as we don't have a stable source of income that can support our needs."