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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9 years ago
Sheth
enrolled.
"The hardest hardship I've ever faced is being remanded in prison on trumped up charges of stealing from my employer. It ended my career, and I've never gotten another job since being released from custody."
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9 years ago
Grace
enrolled.
"I never got a chance to go to school like my peers, and I've lived a poor life because of that. Sometimes I feel really pained because I cannot afford the niceties and pleasures of life."
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9 years ago
Margaret
enrolled.
"I have seen a lot of hardship, but the one I most remember is when one of my sons almost died in Uganda. He was a fisherman, but he became sick and his employer abandoned him without a penny. I had to sell part of my land to raise money to bring him home,"
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9 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"My proudest achievements are that l struggled to buy a goat. Secondly l have also managed to build my own house."
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9 years ago
Jackline
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is poor source of income since I am left all alone to take care of my children."
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9 years ago
Edwin
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper source of income to sustain my family."
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9 years ago
Millicent
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper source of income."
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9 years ago
Yvonne
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper source of income."
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9 years ago
Peter
enrolled.
"A relative once got me a job in central province where his own sister is married. However, he set up after stealing some money from his in laws. I was arrested, beaten and left for dead. I am grateful to the policemen who took pity on me and let me go."
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9 years ago
Edina
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper source of income to support my family."
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