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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Loice's family
access_time 9 years ago
Loice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have been through is I really wanted to get education but because of the financial instability in our family I was not able to"
Robert's family
access_time 9 years ago
Robert enrolled.
"My greatest achievement so far is my family and my house"
Kennedy's family
access_time 9 years ago
Kennedy enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is inadequate income to sustain my family. Sometimes it forces us to go without food due to poverty."
Hellen's family
access_time 9 years ago
Hellen enrolled.
"My proudest achievement has been being able to build iron roofed house. This was after saving money from my small kiosk for a whole year. Nowadays am not worried of because my roof is not leaking as before and am proud of that."
Pamela's family
access_time 9 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money. I have really struggled to give my children good education."
Risper's family
access_time 9 years ago
Risper enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is poor health. I have suffered joint pain for five years now. I can no longer function as a normal human being like before."
Mourine's family
access_time 9 years ago
Mourine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we face in our life is that my husband has been going to college while doing his motorcycle taxi business so most of the money was going towards paying school fees so not much was left for food for the family. This made it diffic"
Dancun's family
access_time 9 years ago
Dancun enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face now is lack of a stable income source."
Akilius's family
access_time 9 years ago
Akilius enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting food for my family and school fees is a challenge as my source of income is very low to sustain my needs."
Kenedy's family
access_time 9 years ago
Kenedy enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I never had a job and fortunately a friend of mine that I assisted through praying for him when he lost his job, bought for me iron sheets and I was able to build the house that I am now staying in."