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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6 years ago
Jared
received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect my life to change within the next six months because my aim now is to buy a cow that I will be milking which means that I will no longer be buying milk from vendors. The more the cows will give birth, the more the money I will make when I sell them out."
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6 years ago
Alfred
received a $536 initial payment.
"I was so happy when I received the money, I felt so happy because I had never handled such an amount in my entire life . I knew that this time I had to fulfill my desire of getting a new house which I had dreamed of having at one point in life."
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6 years ago
Ivan
received a $452 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I'm now very happy that I have married my wife and I have household goods which I did not have before since I did not have money. Before I could sleep on a mat but now I'm also having a bed and mattress. I could not have achieved all this if I never received the transfer."
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6 years ago
Lilian
received a $44 third payment.
"I have a plan of saving some cash so that I will be able to pay school fees for my children come next year when they move to their next classes in their respective schools."
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6 years ago
Nancy
received a $536 initial payment.
"I was very happy when I received the message from the organization. I informed my husband about the message and he was also so happy because he knew it was time to make a change in our lives."
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6 years ago
Mourice
received a $536 initial payment.
"I was so happy when I received the cash because I knew that finally my housing problem was coming to an end after years of having the dream but lacking the ability to solve it due to lack of cash."
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6 years ago
Jared
received a $22 eighth payment.
"I hope that in six months time, I will start reaping the benefits of my poultry project so that I can earn more money which will help me with the management of my medical condition which is quite costly because the medication are quite expensive."
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6 years ago
David
received a $22 seventh payment.
"I expect that my life will change because I will have been able to get a driving license so that I can use a car to supply more fruits to different institutions which means that my income will also be rising day by day."
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6 years ago
Fatuma
received a $536 initial payment.
"The biggest difference that my first transfer has brought in my daily life is that at least now I own a pair of oxen, which is a valuable asset in my household which I never dreamt of owning one day. There is no more hiring from other people, instead, I will be hiring to them at a cost and this also means income for my family and a comfortable life as I will be able to afford almost all the basic needs I could not offer them before."
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6 years ago
Alexander
received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I would want to ensure I commit to paying school fees for my grandchildren so that they may not be sent home for the same again. I believe there is nothing better than giving them education. Out of education, I will have given them what their parents would have given to them. It's the best gift a parent can give his/her children."
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