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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Willy's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Willy received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"My expectation in the near future, to ensure that my projects are successful and that I am able to use the proceeds to start other projects. I am also thinking of starting a family since I am of age. This requires one to have enough sources of income to support a family and my prayer is to be financially stable."
Jesica's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jesica enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is terrible bitting poverty. Ever since my hand got broken , I can no longer do any garden work which use to be my main source of earnings. So my family members totally lack basic needs like food, clothing thus our living standards are at a mess."
Robert's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Robert received a $439 second payment.
"My life has been transformed significantly eversince I received the cash transfers. I constructed a two roomed house and purchased a cow with the cash transfers. I am sleeping in a comfortable house. Previously, I was sleeping in a congested dillapidated thatched house which leaked whenever there was heavy downpour."
John's family
access_time over 5 years ago
John enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of money for providing basic needs to my family. My familly members always fall sick and I do not have any serious source of income generatiing activity where I could get money for their treatment. The little I save from boda- boda ridding it's not enough to solve other basic needs."
Emmanuel's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Emmanuel enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be in position to acquire a diploma paper. I just completed a national certificate in agriculture course with the intent to enroll for a diploma in the same field next year 2020. My brother endured with me to the level that I am and still has interest in seeing me reach the next level but he is also hard up the fact that he has his family responsibilities to full fill. I feel this is an opportunity for me to get back to school. "
Pelina's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Pelina enrolled.
"Receiving this money will be of great joy to me.I have lived in a grass thatched house for many years.It leaks whenever it rains and needs changing grass twice every year. When I receive this many, it will go to construction of an ironroofed house which would be descent for me to live in with my grandson."
Ramazan's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Ramazan enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. Taking care of a family needs atleast some money to be in my hands but which is not the case. All I do is cultivation which in most cases gives very low yields that can not support all the needs of my family. This is caused by the unfavourable whether changes which do no support farming. "
Immaculate's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Immaculate enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. I am a lame person with a lot of limitations. Reaching the place of work itself is a charllage. I do casual labour most of the time to get food. When I fail to reach the place of work, I sleep hungry and that day just goes like that."
Eunice's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Eunice received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"I expect to save towards buying building materials that I will use to build a new kitchen. I also wish to buy more livestock to rear to get more money to raise the living standards. I look forward to having a beautiful kitchen which will be the envy of the entire of the village."
Getrude's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Getrude received a $544 initial payment.
"The transfer has enabled me to purchase building materials which include iron sheets, bricks, sand and cement in order to construct a new permanent toilet that can serve as many people as possible in our village. We will no longer be defecating in the bushes which was exposing us to infections. To me, having a new toilet is the biggest difference in my daily life since I will no longer be living with the fear of being infected by water-borne diseases like cholera and dysentery."