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
Rosemary
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"At the end of the six months, I shall have bought the sheep for my husband's funeral remembrance. I also look forward to buying food that will feed the visitors who will come to the funeral remembrance mass."
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over 5 years ago
Benard
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be saving my monthly transfers to use in buying a piece of land. Since we did not have enough land in my family, we are forced to buy land where we put up our homes. This is why I have decided to save so that I can get a place to call my home."
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over 5 years ago
Agnes
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"I expect to save and buy more and enough building materials that I plan to use to build a new kitchen as I do not one. At the end of the six months, I look forward to owning a very beautiful kitchen which will be the envy of the entire village."
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over 5 years ago
Judith
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I hope that in the next six months, my business will have stabilized and grown better than it is now so that when the transfers are over early next year, I will still have a source of income and a stable way of providing for my family. I expect to improve financially."
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over 5 years ago
Charles
received a $22 fourteenth payment.
"After my kitchen was razed down by the fire, which also acted as a separate sleeping house for my children, I was now forced to sleep with my children in one room. This has deprived me of my privacy and comfort too. I am hopeful that in the next six months, I would have completed building a separate house that will be used as a kitchen and a bedroom for my children."
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over 5 years ago
Christias
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"At the moment, I do not have any livestock in my name which I wish to start buying as soon as I have acquired a new phone. My hope is that in the next six months, I will have purchased a few goats to start me off."
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over 5 years ago
Joan
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"My expectation in the next six months is to open and run a salon business. I am currently saving some part of the monthly transfer and once I have enough, I will start operating the salon business. The proceeds from this business will help us look after our family well by providing all the basic necessities as required."
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over 5 years ago
Viola
received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved enough in merry go round group to enable me to build a good kitchen house for my family."
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over 5 years ago
Charles
received a $469 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have paid off same the debts that I had which has enabled me repossess my two pieces of land that had been taken by the money lenders. Prior to receiving this transfer, I didn't have hope of getting back my pieces of land since I had no source of income, my business had collapsed and my pieces of land were all taken my money lenders."
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over 5 years ago
Kabibi
received a $516 second payment.
"I still believe that without the transfers my life would not have taken this new trajectory where my kids can now enjoy a peaceful night by sleeping on the new bed with a new mattress which I bought for them, they no longer have to spend their nights sleeping on the floor like they used to do in the past.
I also do have a cow which will provide milk in the future and what that means is that I will no longer be buying milk from the local vendors anymore."
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