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.
Alfonce's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Alfonce enrolled.
"My experience as a job seeker in Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, is one that would stay in my mind for as long as I live. I could move from office to office dropping application letters hoping for a response but none came through. It was a life full of agony and stress. I could trek from one part of the city to the next because I had no fare to board a taxi. Every other end month my landlord was on my neck because of unpaid rent arrears until he decided to throw me out. That is when I decided to go back home. The entire ordeal made me feel like the whole world was against me. I have never gotten even a single call from the many application letters I dropped in various offices, something that is making me hate Nairobi even more."
Wesley's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Wesley enrolled.
"The hardship am facing in my life is insufficient funds to raise my family.Am only depending on casual jobs which at times I can miss get a job due to Covid-19 where people are at home doing there work themselves."
Benard's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Benard enrolled.
"Lack of enough food is the biggest hardship we have faced as a family. My main source of income is depending on casual jobs and to get this is rare because nearly everyone in my village depends on it."
Kalume's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Kalume enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is financial problem. As a charcoal vendor I find it as a very difficult business during this Covid 19 period, because I am not getting my income as it used to be. Nowadays I am getting 2,000 shillings per month which is not enough to feed my 5 children as well as paying their school fees."
Kadzo's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Kadzo enrolled.
"Receiving this money means education for my son and 4 grandchildren. I will be able to clear my son's debt of 10,000 shillings so he can complete his electrical course and also support my grandchildren with school fees, stationery and uniform throughout their primary level of education.In addition I will use 30,000 shillings buy oxen and an ox plough to increase production in my farm for subsistence use."
Duwana's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Duwana enrolled.
"She finds it hard to find money to feed her children and buy clothes"
Asiatu's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Asiatu enrolled.
"Poverty as am mostly unable to buy fertilizer to grow my crops"
Asingati's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Asingati enrolled.
"The money will help us in buying food and renovating the house by buying iron sheets and other necessities for the house."
Alice's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The time we lost our last born child is the biggest hardship we have faced."
Ester's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Ester enrolled.
"My husband who was a chief died and am now left with many children to take care of."