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
Alice
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is lack of sufficient finances to feed, educate and cloth my children because I am servicing a loan that I took a year ago and so life has not been easy."
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almost 9 years ago
Janet
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing in my life is lack of money to cater for my medical needs. I have a condition that requires surgery but I have not gone through with it because I lack money to pay."
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almost 9 years ago
Ezakiel
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is poor health. My wife and I are ailing frequently and this does not allow to work hard."
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almost 9 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of sufficient finances to comfortably educate and feed my large family because I have no reliable source of income."
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almost 9 years ago
Esther
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is marital conflict arising from infidelity. I have been assaulted a number of times by my husband and he has infected me with HIV."
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almost 9 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that we have been staying in rental house for the last twelve years and we are able to stay in our own house which is iron roofed house."
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almost 9 years ago
Jessica
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that we have struggled to have our own boat which is really helping us to generate income to support our family."
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almost 9 years ago
Rose
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that I have very little income compared to my needs."
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almost 9 years ago
Dorine
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I was able to buy chairs for my house using cash that I got from my business of shopkeeping and for this am proud."
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almost 9 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"The proudest achievement is that I have managed to take my children to school and they have all moved to there houses,which am proud of."
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