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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over 5 years ago
Julius
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that my children fall sick more frequently and its very costly interms of catering for medical treatment bills with no clear source of income.Sometimes when my children fall sick, I dont get enough time to engage in any productive activity like garden work because I have to attend to them when they are sick."
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over 5 years ago
Florence
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that I dont have enough land yet I have many boys who will need land when they grow up.Besides this, our yields are very low due to limited access to land and the high number of people in my family, every little food is consumed so fast."
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over 5 years ago
Kanifer
received a $451 second payment.
"My life has tremendously improved in that, I live a healthy life. Previously, I used to worry a lot over how to meet my family needs like paying children's fees which led to ulcers. But with these transfers, I paid off the loan that made me regained ownership of my acre of land. Before, I had a small piece of land to cultivate which subsequently affected the amount of food I harvested hence food shortage in my family. In addition, we boosted the family business which is generating more profits as opposed to the past when the stock was small. The profits realized enable me to afford a balanced diet and pay school fees for my children."
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over 5 years ago
Paul
received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"Apart from the construction of the house which I was struggling to see it coming to pass, I have also been running a poultry project which is now well established. I had a goal to ensure that by the end of this year I would be having 100 birds in the coop and it is my hope that this will be possible in the next five months of transfers which I am still remaining with. I have been adding at least four birds every month since I was working on several projects at the same time but now that the construction of the house is done, I will concentrate and add the number which I will be bringing in every month."
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over 5 years ago
Margret
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. I normally try my best to carry on with crop farming but whatever out put realised is consumed due to high number of children. I have failled paying school fees for my children in time and this has resulted to thier poor performance."
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over 5 years ago
Jenifer
received a $451 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I have been in position to settle the debt that I had which has made me very happy. In addition, these transfers have help me pay my children's school fees in time. Prior to receiving this transfers, I didn't have enough money to pay off the debt I had and my children were often sent back home for school fees."
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over 5 years ago
Judith
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of farm land.
What is available for me to cultivate is too small to sustain the needs of the family.
I am forced to hire land so as to be able to provide for my household.
However, this is too expensive for me considering my income."
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over 5 years ago
Biira
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. Iam lonely with no energy due to advanced age, so I can not even do farming. Iam therfore lacking any thing for survival but only live from tokens given by well wishers."
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over 5 years ago
Jennifer
received a $451 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been because I have a cow which will reproduce and enable me sell to get money, pay school fees, as well as meet the cost of living. Before, you would have no where to get money to pay childrens school fees and meet other costs like hospital bills. "
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over 5 years ago
Nakatanzia
received a $451 second payment.
"Life is different than it would have been because I have an iron sheet roofed house and sleep on mattress. This wouldn't have happened because I used to sleep under a grass thatched house with very old small mattress. "
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