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
Betha
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face right now is reduced income from my spouses job. He is a fisherman and right now fish stocks are low in the lake."
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almost 9 years ago
Irine
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have is lack of a steady source of income and insufficient money to pay school fees for my children."
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almost 9 years ago
Guoma
enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is my house, this is because we saved quite a lot and had to deny ourselves a number of things in order to build the house."
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almost 9 years ago
Charles
enrolled.
"My biggest difficulty is lack of sufficient food that is enough to feed the family."
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almost 9 years ago
Tereza
enrolled.
"We would say we are proud of owning a semi permanent house that is electrified because this is a great step we've made in my life since we used to stay in a grass thatched house that was leaking with most of it's walls broken."
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almost 9 years ago
Pamela
enrolled.
"The achievement we are proudest of is that we were able to built a brick house that most people in the village could not afford to build."
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almost 9 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"I would say being able to build a house from the savings I used to earn from my casual jobs,after my spouse passed away is the achievement I'm proudest of."
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almost 9 years ago
Carolyne
enrolled.
"The biggest challenge we have faced in life is the difficulty of raising school fees that can enable us send our children to school."
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almost 9 years ago
Beatrice
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we have faced is that we don't have sufficient farm produce that is enough to feed the family."
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almost 9 years ago
Lucy
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we face now is the burden of school fees and accessories like uniforms, shoes and stationery."
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