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.
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almost 6 years ago
Mourice
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I plan to pay school fees for my children. I would want to play my part as a father. I feel very happy when my children are happy. I do not like the condition in which I was in when my children would go for casual work to help me raise money to pay school fees. This was embarrassing hence I would not want that to happen anymore."
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almost 6 years ago
Benard
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have bought bulls. I will no longer hire people to work for me but Instead, I will use my bulls to till my pieces of land and other peoples' land so as to earn a living. I hope I will get healthy and strong bulls that will last longer and work efficiently."
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almost 6 years ago
Joshua
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect to buy around two bags of maize so that we have enough stock of food which can last for more than eight months. Right now purchasing food is quite expensive because we are deep into the dry season where prices have really skyrocketed. I will wait for a few months until the prices go down then I will buy the maize in bulk and keep the stock for future consumption. For me, having enough food for the family is the most important thing before any other thing."
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almost 6 years ago
Mary
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I plan to pay school fees for my grandchild whom I have been taking care of since the death of his parents. He has always performed very well in education and I would like to help him achieve his goal of being a lawyer by sacrificing my pleasure so that he may have the best in education. I know one day he will come back and support me too."
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almost 6 years ago
Beryl
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"We sat down as a family and agreed that we will be saving some little cash every month so that we buy a cow within the next four to five months. We know that we will be able to get enough cash into our account so that we can make the dream become a reality within the next coming few months."
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almost 6 years ago
Susan
received a $23 eighth payment.
"One In the next six months, one of my children shall have cleared his form four. This calls for preparations on my side to set aside money that will be used in educating him through his college studies. A m confident that he will pass and will require more money to take him through college studies."
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almost 6 years ago
Mercy
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved enough money to buy another dairy cow. Having these dairy cows means more milk production and hence money income. These will assist me to meet the increasing cost of living."
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almost 6 years ago
Clara
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I spent some money to buy maize seedlings which I planted and my crops are now doing so well. I expect that in the six months, I will be having maize for consumption and that I wouldn't be spending more money on buying food. I believe that the money which I will be getting from other sources I will be spending on buying other foodstuff which is not being produced directly from my farm."
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almost 6 years ago
Caroline
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I am looking forward to having a new house in the next six months. I look forward to raising a more happy and healthy family. A family that I can be proud of and in which my children can be proud of me."
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almost 6 years ago
Mike
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect that in the next six months, I would have saved enough money from transfers and others from yields of my tea plants to enable me to buy more building materials for building poultry units. This poultry keeping will enable me to earn extra income to meet other basic household needs and school fees for my children."
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