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
Maurine
enrolled.
"The proudest achievement that I have is that I have my own house."
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almost 9 years ago
Ruth
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that l have managed to buy a cow which l will use to pay school fees for my children."
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almost 9 years ago
Janet
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have a house, furniture and I am struggling to educate my young children."
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almost 9 years ago
Josintar
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of sufficient funds to feed and educate my children to the level I want because of poor source of income."
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almost 9 years ago
Shem
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that the house I no stay in I built using cash that I had saved when I was working as hired labourer on other people's farms. I was able to buy irons sheets which later on I used to build the house that I now call mine."
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almost 9 years ago
Nancy
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that we were able to build our house using some cash that my husband had saved from his casual jobs including riding motorcycle which is hired."
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almost 9 years ago
Pitalis
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I did not have cash but a friend of mine helped me with some cash that I used to build the house that I currently stay in and nowadays am not rained on like the past when I used to stay in a grass thatched house."
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almost 9 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having saved most of my profits from my fish selling business and eventually managed to build an external kitchen."
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almost 9 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked and toiled as a house help and after saving my wages I managed to educate my son until he completed secondary school."
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almost 9 years ago
Caroline
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we are currently facing is on making ends meet when our source of income is unstable. We also have orphans that we take care of and this does not make it easier."
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