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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Mourine's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Mourine enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that we have struggled and built our own house because before we used to have a very small house."
Joshua's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Joshua enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper farming equipment since I depend on farming but I manually."
Jacton's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Jacton enrolled.
"The achievement am proudest of is farming. I have been able to do a lot through farming. This house I live in, education of my children and sustaining my family is all through my farming activities."
Samson's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Samson enrolled.
"The biggest hardship was loosing my eldest wife and taking care of children,trying to keep them in school."
Alice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship was loosing our parents and we were not able to go to school,we just lived by working for people."
Violet's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Violet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is taking of my children,it's not easy,at times when they are sick and I don't have the money to buy medicine for them i am forced to leave my identity card at the hospital and to collect it later when I have cleared the bill."
George's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
George enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to see my children through school through my farming business."
Jane's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have educated our children to best of our ability."
Beatrice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we face now is lack of a sustainable income source. We have school going children who need fees and it's not easy to raise this."
John's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
John enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting food to eat is not easy and I get very little that cannot sustain my family."