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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Alice's family
access_time 9 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship in my life currently has to do with the huge school fees I am struggling to pay for my children."
Lucy's family
access_time 9 years ago
Lucy enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have been through is financial instability with so much fees to pay and a family to take care of."
Cisilia's family
access_time 9 years ago
Cisilia enrolled.
"My biggest hardship I have faced is passing away of my eight children"
Charles's family
access_time 9 years ago
Charles enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life was when I lost my wife"
Rispa's family
access_time 9 years ago
Rispa enrolled.
"My sickness is the biggest hardship I can talk of because my joint are painful and sometimes I experience a severe headache that cannot allow me to do any kind of work."
Jakline's family
access_time 9 years ago
Jakline enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we have faced is lack of income since we are both casual workers and whatever little we get can not sustain our family."
Carolyne's family
access_time 9 years ago
Carolyne enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is being married and also being able to take care of my children."
Lukas's family
access_time 9 years ago
Lukas enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I moved from a grass thatched house to a more spacious iron roofed house."
Rael's family
access_time 9 years ago
Rael enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that l struggled and bought two goats of my own."
Denis's family
access_time 9 years ago
Denis enrolled.
"My proudest achievements are that l have struggled and paid dowry to my parents inlaw and paid school fees for my children."