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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Zachary's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Zachary received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect in the next six months to have saved money and buy building materials which I will use in the construction of my homestead. At the moment I am staying at my parent's homestead and as the saying says it comes a time when a man shall move out and start his own home. I feel the time has come to be independent and my motivation comes from the transfers I get."
Joseph's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Joseph received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect in the next six months to have improved my house. I will manage this by using the income from the small business trading in livestock and that of the farm produce."
Stantley's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Stantley received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect in the next six months that have completed building my kiosk. I will facilitate all this using the transfers and the savings from the table banking."
Dennis's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Dennis received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months I want to be able to pay school fees and be able to continue with my studies uninterrupted."
Kibet's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Kibet received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months I will have more income, more investments, ability to meet most of my family's needs and living standards and social life."
Mary's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Mary received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have a fully operational kiosk that is up and running. Through this, we will be able to get enough money to pay school fees for my grand children and meet other family expenses."
Musitafa's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Musitafa enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of land for cultivation. "
Loise's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Loise received a $50 fourth payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have an Mpesa business that I am currently purchasing with the transfers. This business is also less stressful as compared to the previous businesses I have been involved with, like frying and selling french fries."
Esther's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Esther received a $471 initial payment.
"When I received my money, I felt so happy that I God had answered my prayer and provided me with money that was going to solve most of my financial needs like my children's fees, and buying building material as I had earlier on planned."
Joshua's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Joshua received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to begin saving and wisely investing my transfers on business that requires less capital within the college. This will make me an independent person thus I shall no longer rely on my parents any form of support but instead support them in paying school fees for my siblings. I will, therefore, not be of a burden to them."