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
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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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