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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Karisa's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Karisa enrolled.
"As an aged polygamous family, we live a life that is very miserable. I have two sons who are working but they do not support me at all. I am forced to do tedious jobs of burning charcoal in order to sustain my family needs. I consider lack of reliable source of income as the biggest hardship I have ever faced."
Maurene's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Maurene received a $23 tenth payment.
"In the next six months, I want to be able to lease a farm so that I can venture into large scale farming. This will see me boost my harvest which I can consume and sell the surplus."
Cevin's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Cevin received a $23 tenth payment.
"I will save more and boost my business to learn more income for my family. I want to be able to have something to fall back to when the transfers shall have stopped. I want to finish renovating my house by then. I expect to live in a beautiful house by the end of that duration."
Sam's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Sam enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack money for paying my son's school fees ,who is currently studying in Bukedea secondary school."
Alex's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Alex enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will in position to buy animals. These animals (cows and goasts ) I shall give to my in-laws as an appreciation for thier daughter."
Christine's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is sickness. My children are very sickly and yet getting money to take care of medical bills is a big charllage. "
Ben's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Ben enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money that would otherwise enable me to start up an income generating activity. "
Kolostika's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Kolostika received a $446 second payment.
"My life has changed for the better because this transfer has enabled me construct an iron roofed house. Before, my greatest challenge was renovating my hut, at my old age I moved to swampy places looking for grass."
Elizabeta's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Elizabeta received a $446 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I have been in position to purchase all the required materials to construct a permanent house for my self. I have also accessed medical treatment easily as a result of this transfer. I'm currently sleeping in a grass thatched hut that leaks whenever it rains and renovating my hut is difficult because the grass is very scarce in our community. I would have been in debts of paying my medical bills or I couldn't have got any treatment at all."
Ester's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Ester received a $23 fourteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have started the business so that I can have a source of income."