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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Walter's family
access_time 9 years ago
Walter enrolled.
"My proudest achievement was meeting my wife who gave me children."
George's family
access_time 9 years ago
George enrolled.
"My proudest achievement was paying fees for my brother when he was in secondary school. Right now he is in university and is nearly completing his second year."
Pamela's family
access_time 9 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have is the fact that I am aging and thus cannot fend for my family as we as I used to before."
Saline's family
access_time 9 years ago
Saline enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we have is lack of a proper house. We are often rained on as we have a leaking grass thatched roof."
Benta's family
access_time 9 years ago
Benta enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have is lack of school fees for my children and food for my family. This is because my spouse died along time and thus I became the sole breadwinner."
Margaret's family
access_time 9 years ago
Margaret enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we have is lack of a steady source of income that will enable us have proper meals. We sometimes eat only boiled vegetables. We also have a clever child who is due to join class eight but we do not have money for his school fees."
Joseph's family
access_time 9 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"My proudest achievement was being able to reclaim my land from squatters who grabbed it."
Grace's family
access_time 9 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"The biggest hardship was being separated from my spouse due to some family issues"
Moureen's family
access_time 9 years ago
Moureen enrolled.
"My proudest achievement has been setting up the shop that I am running now,which has enabled me to take care of my children"
Alice's family
access_time 9 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The proudest achievement is taking my children to school since I did not have that chance."