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
Vera
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship has been to raise enough money to pay rent because sometime I can forfeit paying rent for 3 months since I don't have money."
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almost 9 years ago
Joan
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I am a mother of two handsome boys and also a wife to a responsible man."
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almost 9 years ago
Shelemiah
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is that I'm addicted to alcohol and I've been trying to avoid it but it has not been that easy hence I do find myself spending much on buying alcohol rather than providing for my family."
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almost 9 years ago
Nancy
enrolled.
"The proudest achievement is that we have been able to take our child to high school,since we know by educating her we are preparing her for better things."
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almost 9 years ago
Flora
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to build a house for my family."
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almost 9 years ago
Caroline
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is lack of adequate food. Sometimes we go without a meal a day."
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almost 9 years ago
Jenipher
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is lack of adequate income to pay school fees for my children thereby making life difficult."
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almost 9 years ago
Quinter
enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have managed to build iron roofed house."
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almost 9 years ago
Edna
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is lack of adequate income to pay school fees for my daughter."
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almost 9 years ago
Lilian
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a stable source of income hence making it difficult to meet the needs of our family. We depend on fishing and agriculture which are unpredictable sources of income."
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