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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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almost 5 years ago
Anna
received a $457 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness and gratefulness I feel that I was able to get back my land that I had mortgaged. I will now use this land to have continued and extensive farming for my family. Prior to getting this money, I thought that I would not be able to get this land back and would my children with no assets when I passed."
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almost 5 years ago
Esther
received a $457 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the relief I feel having managed to secure a large piece of farm land that I will now cultivate my personal crops for both subsistence and commercial purposes. This will help me to curb the ever affecting famine that we experience and we shall also be able to save up some crops for sell such that we can meet the day to day expenses. Prior to getting this transfer, we were always prone to famine since I had to share farm land with my mother in law who most of the times ended up owning the food crops. Hence leaving us with nothing."
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almost 5 years ago
Sulaiman
received a $457 initial payment.
"Laughs! the moment I received my money, I felt so happy. This money came handy given that it was at the time of lock down and I had no way to keep my family going."
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almost 5 years ago
John
received a $457 initial payment.
"The moment I received my transfer, I was so happy that I had got my long time investment in terms of the cows I was planning to buy then."
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almost 5 years ago
Doreen
received a $457 initial payment.
"I felt so happy the moment I received my money. This is because it was at the time of lock down (helped in stocking food) and I was due for delivery."
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almost 5 years ago
Budesta
received a $457 initial payment.
"My village had benefited some time back that I had given up hope of ever getting this transfer. However, the moment I received my first transfer sms notification, I felt so delighted that at last, I had also got my long awaited transfer."
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almost 5 years ago
Hellen
received a $457 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I felt very happy because my dream of buying a plot of land for my children was fulfilled."
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almost 5 years ago
John
received a $457 initial payment.
"My life has changed because through this cash transfer, I managed to hire labour force on time and farmed on large scale.This season I am very hopeful of getting good yields. Previously, the yields were very poor because I farmed late and had small labour force . Secondly, my children can afford to dress well as opposed to when they wore torn clothes."
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almost 5 years ago
Sharon
received a $515 initial payment.
"We did not have a house of our own and lived in our brother-in-law's house so when we received the money, we used most of it to construct a new house so that we can have a place of our own. We spent some of the money on personal items such as clothes and shoes."
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almost 5 years ago
Cherono
received a $515 initial payment.
"I heard the message at around six am and on confirmation, I realized that it was the transfer. I had to wake up my husband to share the good news and it was in deed a joyous moment for us. The excitement of receiving the money was too overwhelming to continue lying in bed, so we got up and prepared for our daily duties so that we could also have time to decide what we wanted to buy among all the needs that we had."
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