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.
Joyce's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"My plan is to use the money to buy enough fertilizers for the next growing season so that I harvest enough maize for food as well as for sale"
Raelly's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Raelly enrolled.
"I am a widow. Since my husband passed away ,I have been lonely and life changed significantly. Life was good and better when my husband was alive. Raising the family singly was not easy."
Charles's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Charles enrolled.
"The big problem we have faced is food insecurity. Since the maize lethal necrosis disease affected our crops we have not been able to harvest enough maize for our subsistence. We have been buying maize since then to meet our demands for the household."
Chikondano's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Chikondano enrolled.
"Using this money I will be able to build a nice modern house as I currently live in a grass thatched house which was built from grasses as well. I will also buy enough food and fertilizers so that I do not have to starve and also to prepare for next year's growing season"
Agness's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Agness enrolled.
"For me to find enough money to buy fertilizers is a very difficult thing since I am not working and do not have a stable source of earning money. This in turn affects my maize production"
Thokozani's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Thokozani enrolled.
"If I get to receive this transfer from GD, I intend to use it for purchasing enough fertilizers for the next growing season so that I harvest enough food and I do not have to starve again."
Daiton's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Daiton enrolled.
"This money will be helpful to us as a family to build a proper house. Over the years we have tried to build one but we couldn't because of money."
Rabson's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Rabson enrolled.
"I mostly struggle to find money to buy food and also my house is small looking at my family and this money is an opportunity for me to build a bigger house"
Jackson's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Jackson enrolled.
"Where i live is a semi-arid area it hardly rains and even if it does we do not harvest enough maize that can last for a year. This has been a great challenge as we are forced to buy majority of the food stuff which is costly because i do not have a stable source of income."
Joyce's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"It would mean financial freedom for me. From 2014 until 2019 i owned a small business,unfortunately i closed down for lack of enough re-current capital to sustain the business. I do manual jobs that earn me little money that is only enough to buy food for my children. I plan on re-opening the business of buying and re-selling maize because there is demand for foodstuff in this area. I will start with 20 bags of maize at ksh 60,000 and resell it at a cost of 90,000. This will enable me to earn an average of ksh 15000 per month which is enough to cater for our basic needs(food,clothing and education ) for my children. The other monies i will use to buy one dairy cow of ksh 30,000 and build a cow-shed with the other monies."