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
David
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that I have a peace of mind because I was able to complete my house and I also paid my children's school fees on time."
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6 years ago
Emilly
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am faced with is lack of money to start my own business and to take care of my family. At the hotel where I work, we are always paid very little money that cannot meet my family food and clothing needs. I always end up using all my daily earnings in buying food alone. This has seen my children go to school without proper school uniform and at times I have to borrow money from friends to take my children to hospital when they fall sick. "
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6 years ago
Isaiah
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced was loosing my wife after short illness. I had gotten used to her companion because she always stayed home with my little boy as I go working in sugarcane farms where we do cane cutting, currently I have to work within our locality because I have to get back home and cook and care for my young son.Atleast now after building a new house Is will consider re-marrying so that I shall have someone to stay with my son."
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6 years ago
Kaka
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of stable source of income which has seen my three children in the university and Secondary schools spend more time at home than in school due to lack of fees.It pains me so much to see them at home because education is the only good thing one can give to their children,yet I can not afford it for them."
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6 years ago
Micheal
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that I now own aplot of land I have been longing for but I did not have the money to do so but thanks to GD my dream came true."
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6 years ago
Lillian
received a $471 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, from the time my mother passed on, life has been hard more so on the payment of fees. But when I received the money, I have been able to pay them on time."
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6 years ago
Kasfa
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different in that I was able to complete the construction of my house and I bought most of the household necessities I lacked. Unlike before I used to worry a lot about my children's welfare but now I have a peace of mind."
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6 years ago
Gad
received a $453 second payment.
"My life has is now different in that, these days I hardly beg for anything and therefore the tears I used to cry those days because of poverty have been wiped out by this transfer."
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6 years ago
Agnes
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I have been able to pay my children's school fees on time and with no stress hence life has been more enjoyable from the time I started receiving the transfers."
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6 years ago
Lazarus
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, one of my biggest dreams was to build a permanent house and this transfers have enabled me to fulfill it."
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