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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Peter's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Peter received a $445 second payment.
"My life is different because I was able to get back my three pieces of land that I will also freely cultivate on without interference hence cubbing the famine problem. Before, I had to cultivate on the remaining garden lands that were not fertile enough to give good yields and this in most cases led my family to famine in my family."
Fredrivk's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Fredrivk received a $23 tenth payment.
"I am planning to buy goats using my next three transfers. In the next six months, this will no longer be a plan but a reality and that is the change that I expect in my life. Having livestock in my compound will be a great achievement because it is something I have never owned my entire life."
Jenipher's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jenipher received a $23 eighth payment.
"I am going to save more and pay more school fees. I would not wish to be sent away from school every now and then. I also want to buy a school uniform for the next term as I had an old one. Next year I will be joining form four and I need to be in school most of the time to get to study well and pass my exams."
Keletesia's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Keletesia enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is illness. I have constant joint pain which has taken us alot of money to foot medical bills."
Marita's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Marita enrolled.
"When I receive this money, I will build an ironsheets house."
Gaudesia's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Gaudesia enrolled.
"When I receive this money, I will use part of it to seek medical attention and renovate my house."
John's family
access_time over 5 years ago
John received a $23 fourteenth payment.
"I expect to save towards buying barbed wire to use in fencing my homestead. This will help in enhancing my home security and also help protect my livestock from straying or from stray animals. I also wish to save some more and buy livestock to add to my flock. This will see my wealth multiplying."
Rosbela's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Rosbela received a $23 eleventh payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have a very nice comfortable place to cook in, as compared to now when l am cooking under the tree and also to have place to keep my chicken safe."
Eria's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Eria received a $445 second payment.
"Through this support, I was able to get back my acre of land after clearing the debt that I got for paying my wife's dowry. Before, I was not very sure when I would be able to settle the debt that had taken 3 years."
Edida's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Edida received a $445 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I have been in position to acquire mattresses, bed sheets, clothes for my self and children. I also built for my sons a separate iron roofed house. Previously, I used to sleep on an old matress that was not descent and my children were sleeping on mats."