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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Nancy's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Nancy enrolled.
"My proudest achievements is that we have struggled to build our own house."
Celine's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Celine enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that l have struggled to up keep my family."
Aloice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Aloice enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of money to sustain my family."
Modi's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Modi enrolled.
"My proudest achievements are that we have struggled to educate my son upto college though he has no job. Finally we have struggled to build iron roofed house because we used to have a grass thatched house."
Naman's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Naman enrolled.
"My proudest achievements are that we have struggled to build iron roofed house. Secondly we have worked hard and built a rental house from which we generate income."
Denish's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Denish enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper source of income to sustain my family."
Shadrack's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Shadrack enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is bringing up our children is becoming a difficult task as the money that we are being paid by the owner of the land that we are taking care of is very small hence it cannot sustain all our wants that include clothes and shelter so we are forced to supplement with other casual jobs like cotton harvesting in other people's farms."
Agnes's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Agnes enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have worked hard as a fish vendor and my children are progressing well in school. I now have two children in secondary school."
Lydiah's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Lydiah enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I got some money from the sale of beans that I had harvested from my farm and I used the cash to start a small hotel in the village that generated for me some extra cash."
George's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
George enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that I don't have any property that I can sell so that I pay school fees for my children and I am forced to beg other people for assistance so that I can support them."