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 that I have got an opportunity to build an iron roofed house because getting grass for tharching is becoming difficult and expensive. "
Phoibe's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Phoibe enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is sickness and lack of enough land for cultivation since my household depends on farming to earn a living. "
Martha's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Martha enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of a reliable and sustainable source of income in order to pay school fees for my children . My spouse is a teacher earning little salary. I engage basically in farming and some times I don't get good yields that would enable me earn more from it. That limits the ability of my children to study well because some times, they are sent oh of school due to non payment of their fees. "
John's family
access_time over 5 years ago
John enrolled.
"Receiving this money means acquiring land for farm land and Oxen that will support in opening it up. That will be my source of livelihood because, I will cultivate crops for both food and sale. I own one acre of farm law that I am cultivating on with my son who has married. "
Anna's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Anna enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is lack of enough land for cultivation. I only a small piece of land to cultivate and yet my family depends on farming to earn a living. "
Dinnah's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Dinnah enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to complete my house that is at the roofing level."
Ann's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Ann enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that I dont have any piece of land where to plant my food crops and this is why I depend on casual labour of which, money earned is not enough to cater for my basic needs and general welfare of my household."
Mercy's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Mercy enrolled.
"Unreliable source of income has been a great challenge in my family. Now that we live near the forest, my husband engages in an illegal activity of burning charcoal for sale, something that has seen him being arrested on several occasions and fined heavily by the authorities yet there ain't any other job around that he would engage in. On my side, i normally go to the forest to collect firewood for sale something i can't do right now since a gave birth to twins two weeks ago hence i haven't been strong enough to continue with it. This is the biggest hardship we face in our family "
Aperio's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Aperio enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy land. I have only half an acre for both farming and homestead settlement with a big number of children. There is serious land pressure where by if I do not solve now by taking this chance to buy land ,my children will have no where for settlement and farming. Once acquire land I believe my family will manage to sustain them selves in future both economically and socially."
Katsele's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Katsele enrolled.
"Charcoal burning is what my husband has been doing in the last two years after his contract work ended. Since I am a house wife, I majorly depend on him for our survival. This has made our life so difficult owing to the fact that, getting our daily meals and school fee has become a luxury. His job is so tiresome yet the earnings are very low and therefore, I consider lack of a reliable source of income as my biggest hardship."