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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Maurine's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Maurine enrolled.
"The proudest achievement that I have is that I have my own house."
Ruth's family
access_time 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."
Janet's family
access_time 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."
Josintar's family
access_time 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."
Shem's family
access_time 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."
Nancy's family
access_time 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."
Pitalis's family
access_time 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."
Jane's family
access_time 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."
Jane's family
access_time 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."
Caroline's family
access_time 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."