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.
Magret's family
access_time 4 years ago
Magret received a $356 initial payment.
"The recipient was so happy beyond measure cause it's something the recipient never thought of happening in her lifetime"
Chrissy's family
access_time 4 years ago
Chrissy received a $356 initial payment.
"The recipient was so happy to have received the transfer, her heart skipped for a while when she got the text"
Agness's family
access_time 4 years ago
Agness received a $356 initial payment.
"The recipient will be able to farm cause she was able to buy fertilizer this will help her have enough food to last her for a while"
Rusi's family
access_time 4 years ago
Rusi enrolled.
"The biggest hardship in my life right now is that I'm a single mother with 4 children and I have no sustainable source of income all I do when the sun rise up is to search for casual labour, this depends if I'm physically fit for that day because some times I'm physically weak and all I do is to bed rest and watch my children starve,atleast if I had a man he would have been meeting me half way by helping me financially."
Luna's family
access_time 4 years ago
Luna enrolled.
"My biggest hardship had always been hunger,I struggle every day to find food for my family,I know I'm a farmer but with insufficient farm inputs I always end up with little harvest.I plan to use my transfer to buy lots of food that will keep us through out the year 2021 and some to buy household equipments."
Patuma's family
access_time 4 years ago
Patuma received a $356 initial payment.
"I used the money to buy iron sheets and bricks. I did not bring the bricks home because I did not have enough money. I will use the iron sheets to fix the roof of my house since it has an old roof."
Gladys's family
access_time 4 years ago
Gladys received a $356 initial payment.
"If I did not recieve the money then I would have been suffering because I had to do piece work every year so that I could feed my family. This year I will focus on my farm rather than going to other people's farms to work."
Saujati's family
access_time 4 years ago
Saujati received a $356 initial payment.
"I was very happy because the money has helped reduce the poverty that my household was facing. Some of my children were not going to school because they did not have good clothes."
Ishumael's family
access_time 4 years ago
Ishumael received a $356 initial payment.
"I was very happy when I recieved the money. Up to this day am thankful because I have never experienced anything like this."
Saidi's family
access_time 4 years ago
Saidi received a $356 initial payment.
"As the chief of the village I am very happy that I recieved the money and that everyone in my village recieved the transfers. The has saved us from hunger during this rainy season."