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.
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Farida's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Farida received a $469 initial payment.
"The moment I received money, I felt very happy. This is because I got money for buying things which I never had like a mosquito net, curtains and a plot of land."
Leonard's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Leonard received a $22 fourteenth payment.
"I'm currently taking a certificate course in electrical and electronics engineering and I'll be graduating soon. Thereafter, I'm planning to look for employment and later join college to advance to a diploma in the same course. Hopefully, in the next six months, I'll have secured a job."
Bitu's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Bitu received a $469 initial payment.
"I felt so happy when I received this money because I have been living in extreme poverty therefore this money meant that I will be liberated from poverty."
Moses's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Moses received a $469 initial payment.
"Seeing that I also received this money at last, the biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness I feel within having held that money and setting up my building that when I get my last transfer, I will complete it. This will relive me from the issue of sharing my small grass thatched house with children, chicken and all other household stuff as I will then be having enough space in the new one."
Daisy's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Daisy received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"My expectation in the near future is to buy my own piece of land. I am a single mum and I still stay with my parents but I have been thinking and planning on getting my own place. I pray that the crops that I planted gives me a good harvest. Hopefully from this, I would get some good proceeds that would enable me buy a piece of land where I would build my house and make it my home."
Esther's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Esther received a $450 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I'm much happier because I sleep in a permanent house. Before, I slept in a dilapidated thatched house which rats had destroyed both its walls and the roof. This thatched house also exposed me to respiratory illnesses since it was dusty. But this is never the case again because the house I sleep now is well cemented and gives me comfort."
Henry's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Henry received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I have the plans to add more mango seedling so that I can have a large farm because I'm targeting to supply the mangoes in various regions across the country. Hopefully, in the next six months, the mango project which I'm currently working on will have developed and grown bigger."
Edwin's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Edwin received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I'm planning to save some money so that I can enroll in a vocational training college. I'm hopeful that in the next six months I'll have gained the required skills from the training and God willing by then I'll be using the skills to earn a living."
Caren's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Caren received a $22 nineteenth payment.
"I expect that my life will have changed in the next six months in that I will have expanded my poultry project. I will use the money I will get from selling my vegetables. Expanding this project will enable me to cater to my personal needs easily and also pay school fees for my son and siblings on time."
Lilian's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Lilian received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"My husband and I have agreed to combine our transfers so that we can be able to buy the materials required for the plastering oui house so that we can complete the project sooner. I hope that in the next six months, the entire house will have been plastered so that we can set another target and work towards achieving within next year."