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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Christine's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"Receiving this money means improved living conditions. I will build a permanent house in order to reduce the burden of looking for grass on yearly basis. The house I sleep in now is grass thatched which is very expensive to repair. "
Joyce's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"Recieving this money means that I will be able to build a house for myself since I am old and I have no energy, I can nolonger move around this village or any neighbouring village to look for grass just in case I need to repair my grass thatched hut.Besides this I dont have money for maintaining the grass thatched hut.The other remaining balance, I will pay school fees for my grandchild whom I am taking care off because my daughter got married to somebody else and the child lives with me at my home."
John's family
access_time over 5 years ago
John enrolled.
"When I got seperated with my wife she left me with two children and I believe receiving this money is an opportunity for me to buy for them cattle that can be a source of multiplying this money in order to support my children in the future. "
Joyce's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is poverty at home. Iam unable to realise my dream as a mother of having better living conditions with the family members becasue of no income generatiing activity. Iam labouring every day to find what my family members can survive on but all has never been fruitful because of no farm land. I find it hard to eat a full meal in my home and I feel is a reason the children are sickly."
Margaret's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Margaret enrolled.
"Receiving this money means improved livelihood in my compound. I will acquire oxen for ploughing which will improve on my income source. I can not cultivate crops in time because I do not have the income to hire oxen for plouging on daily basis. "
Teddy's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Teddy enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is sickness that makes me to divert money meant for other activities that would bring development to my household. "
Malingat's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Malingat enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life sickness that normally puts me down andbit affects my garden work. "
Johnson's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Johnson enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of a reliable source of income in order to meet household needs. I depend on farming in order to sustain my household but it does not support fully due to he limitation in income."
Mary's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of enough land for farming because my family relies on it to earn income."
Betty's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Betty enrolled.
"My plan is to spend the transfers for buying a cow and a bull. They may multiply by reproducing within themselves and will be my future assets. These animals I will be selling some to raise money for paying school fees and providing other basic needs within the family hence improving their living standards in future."