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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Mary's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of farm land. I only have the chance to cultivate if I manage to get some money for hire. Without that, I have no where to carry out agriculture hence famine."
Mary's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"Sickness is the biggest hardship that I am faced with. The little money that I get is spent on paying medical bills and yet there is need to also take care of other household needs. Most of the time when the term opens, children need to get back to school but it finds when there are almost no savings to provide for them the fact that I am not also in the best position to work as expected. "
Cyprian's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Cyprian enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of farm land. The piece of land that I have is too small to support farming. This results into low yield which can not support the family the fact that prices of agricultural products are also so low. The more I work, the less I gain because of the low market prices."
Jeniffer's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jeniffer enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to complete the construction of my house, take care of the education needs of my children and buy a cow that can reproduce. This will be security for me and my children in future."
Anastansia's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Anastansia enrolled.
"Poverty is the biggest hardship that I am faced with. I am not able to do things in a manner that rewards. I tried constructing an iron roofed house because I thought it would serve me better but all in vain. This is because I did not have money to buy the right materials, pay for skilled labour so I struggled alone in my ignorance to raise the building which just collapsed. "
Anna's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Anna enrolled.
"Lack of adequate land for crop cultivation is my biggest hardship. The small piece of land cannot provide enough area for extensive crop cultivation. With a bigger portion of land, I could grow more crops which I could sell to get more money for my family."
Anakatasia's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Anakatasia enrolled.
"Poverty is the biggest hardship I face. Iam an old poor sickly widow , so this does not allow me to engage in to hard Labour like Agricuture where I could do some crop planting. It therefore means I survive from hand outs given by neighbours hence feeding is a night mare in my home."
David's family
access_time over 5 years ago
David received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months I expect to have completed the house that I'm planning to build."
Sarah's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Sarah enrolled.
"When I receive this money, I will buy land for agriculture and also build my own house. Currently I am living in my father's home where he gave me a house to take care of my child. This land will help me increase my household income because I will produce more crops and sell them."
Margret's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Margret enrolled.
"Inadequate land for crop cultivation is my biggest hardship I face. I do not have enough farm land in order to cultivate crops both for household consumption and sale."