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
Philip
received a $477 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness I feel for having got this money that is helping me to beautify my home. Prior to getting this transfer my house was in a very bad state and given my condition, I had nothing to do but to still just leave in it like that."
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over 5 years ago
Josephie
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I expect to save and buy livestock for rearing for the financial security of the family. I have always wanted to venture into livestock rearing for the generation of income. I could not fulfil this dream as I did not have any stable income-generating activity."
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over 5 years ago
George
received a $45 sixth payment.
"I expect to pay for my school fees some more by saving the transfers to avoid begging my relatives to pay my school fees. This will give me an easy time to concentrate on my studies. I also plan to buy livestock for rearing to help in securing my future financially and also buy building materials like poles, nails, iron sheets build to use in building a new house as I do not have a house."
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over 5 years ago
Christine
received a $477 initial payment.
"That moment I received my money, I went to my son after seeing the message and he confirmed its Gd money. I became so happy that day."
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over 5 years ago
Grace
received a $477 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I felt happy because I have never handled such an amount of money. "
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over 5 years ago
Lucy
received a $477 initial payment.
"That moment I received my money, I felt so happy because this money would be an uplift for my livelihood. "
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over 5 years ago
Christine
received a $477 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is having a cow as an asset that can be sold incase of money crisis, and more cultivation land to grow crops. "
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over 5 years ago
Babra
received a $459 second payment.
"Before GD transfers, I did not have a lot to present especially livestock and Household items. Secondly I used to solely depend on casual labor to cater for my family and this did not allow me concentrate on my gardens leading to increased famine. My life is different now because I started a small scale trading business which generates daily income that sustains the well being of my household. I also managed to acquire livestock which will reproduce and multiply in future. These livestock will avail us with milk which we can either sell or consume. Lastly I managed to buy household items which we lacked as a household previously."
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over 5 years ago
Magret
received a $459 second payment.
"My life is different now in that, I sleep in a iron roofed house which I constructed using GD transfers. Prior to getting these transfers, I used to sleep in ramshackle grass thatched house that was leaking eachtime it rained. I used my transfer to get farm land which I have planted cassava in and this will help curb down food insecurity in my household. Lastly, I bought household items like beddings, Utensils which I lacked before GD's intervention."
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over 5 years ago
Goreti
received a $477 initial payment.
"The cash transfer was sent at 03:00am while I was still awake. When I read the message, I could not believe my eyes. Life was very difficult and we had to engage in ,casual labour so as to make ends meet."
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