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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Julie's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Julie enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have seen my children go to school,one is even in the university which makes me very proud. I have worked very hard to make sure that they go to school."
Florence's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Florence enrolled.
"The proudest achievement is that we are educating our children."
Johana's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Johana enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that I took my children to school and they died living me with nothing."
Mary's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that since my husband lost his job we have not been able to take our child to university,because of lack of money."
Edinah's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Edinah enrolled.
"The proudest achievement I really can't say,since we have not been living well due to health issues."
Boaz's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Boaz enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having started a small business where I make bricks for sale and by saving the profits I have managed to educate my children and I am still educating them."
Pamela's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we're facing currently is on paying school fees for our children with no proper source of income."
Milicent's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Milicent enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we face currently in on school fees,the ECD course I am taking is quite costly and we have no proper source of income to help with that."
Sarah's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Sarah enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in life is lack of sufficient funds to educate my children. I survive on farming and the previous seasons have not yielded good produce."
Moses's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Moses received a $98 initial payment.
"l plan to pay school fee."