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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Grace's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to buy a piece of land where I can establish my own home."
Loyce's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Loyce enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to take care of my household needs. "
Beatrice's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to take care of the education needs of my children, buy a piece of land where I can establish a home."
Caroly's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Caroly received a $23 fourteenth payment.
"After saving these transfers and starting a business for my wife in order for her to earn some income, my next project will be to save and buy building materials i.e iron sheets, poles, timber and nails to build a new house. I still live in my father's compound and this has restricted me from doing a lot of things. I need the freedom of waking up in my own home."
Lucy's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Lucy enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of enough money to pay school fees for the children."
Moses's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Moses enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of enough money to cater for the family's basic needs."
Alex's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Alex received a $253 second payment.
"My long term goal involves getting a piece of land where I will be keeping both broilers and layers chicken for commercial purposes so that I can be able to get more financial profits in the future. When I have layers birds that laying eggs, I will be in a position to sell the eggs and make some little profits from such a venture. On the other hand, I will also make some cash from the sale of broilers which I know have a ready market"
Catherine's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Catherine received a $253 second payment.
"Just like I mentioned before, I have been engaging in some small scale farming but my main desire is to get into the world of business where I intend to start a shop and earn some little cash from it, so that we will have the surety of getting some cash to buy food on a day to day basis."
Stella's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Stella received a $447 second payment.
"My life is different now than before in that I own personal land that was impossible to attain since my husband and I could not even imagine to ever have it through the farming that we do. Since my husband is an orphan and has been staying with his grand parents till now, I feel confident that this plot of land will solve most of my problems such as a place to cultivate and a home of my own. Before, my husband and I could endure insults from my in laws as we had no where to go."
Joyce's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joyce received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have boosted the current business I operate so that I can have an improved income. This will enable me to comfortably meet the family needs."