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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Lilian's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that through my business I have been able to buy some livestock,which have given birth to other five young ones and am looking forward to have many livestock."
Jackline's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Jackline enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of money to sustain my family."
Joseph's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that we have struggled to educate our children."
Kevin's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Kevin enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that as an orphan l have struggled and married a wife who has given me three children and able to provide food for them."
Risper's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Risper enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have given our children basic education. We have two children who have completed their secondary education and two have reached class eight."
Rose's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"I am proudest that I have been a good mother to my children, I have ensured that they eat and go to school even in hardship."
Margaret's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Margaret enrolled.
"I am proudest that I have single handedly brought up my children after my spouse's death. I have work hard to ensure they eat and go to school."
Horace's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Horace enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income, this means that I can hardly manage to take adequate care of my family's basic needs."
Susan's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Susan enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having joined a table banking group where I saved money I got from selling sisal ropes and eventually I used the savings to buy a cow and two sheep."
Asha's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Asha enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked as a fisherman and managed to build my current house, in addition I have been able to buy a few chicken which I am rearing."