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.
Richard's family
access_time 6 years ago
Richard enrolled.
"Receiving this money is a real blessing to me and my family. We've been living in this hut for long together with our children and they had to go sleep in a neighbours' house but now i will be able to build another house so that our children will have a better place to sleep. I am really grateful ."
Pamela's family
access_time 6 years ago
Pamela received a $524 second payment.
"The greatest difference in my life is that I now have a better house. Were it not for GD, it would have taken me long beforeI get enough money to build a house. I do depend on casual jobs for a living which is hard to save my earnings as I do spend mostly on buying food."
Simon's family
access_time 6 years ago
Simon received a $448 second payment.
"My life is different in that I easily cater for my family's needs because I earn daily income from my salon business unlike before I had no source of income."
Julius's family
access_time 6 years ago
Julius received a $524 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I now have what I would not get any time soon. I now have an ox which has is to help me do my farming. Were it not for GD, we would have dig manually which would have taken us long to complete our piece of land."
James's family
access_time 6 years ago
James received a $448 second payment.
"My life I different than if I had not received this cash transfer in that I now own basic household items that I had lacked. I am now confident a bout myself."
Michael's family
access_time 6 years ago
Michael received a $448 second payment.
"My life is different than if I had not received this cash transfer in that I now have a pit latrine which has improved on hygiene and sanitation in my family."
Jenifer's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jenifer received a $448 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I have hope of sleeping in a better house compared to the situation before, where I used to sleep in a grass thatched house."
James's family
access_time 6 years ago
James received a $23 eighth payment.
"I would want to plant using fertilizer and hybrid seeds which help get good harvest."
Roba's family
access_time 6 years ago
Roba enrolled.
"I will use this money to invest in a cloth selling business which I believe will bring me good income and make me prosper economically. Secondly, I will use this money to support my two children in order to get good education and pay their fees in school. I will also use this money to build as house in my rural home since I still doesn't have one and it's important to have a house as a man. "
Barack's family
access_time 6 years ago
Barack enrolled.
"I wake up, go for football practise, get back home, i prepare something to eat then i leave in the evening for football practise. But if i get called for a job, I postphone my football practise and go to work. When i am free, I can read novels, watch a movie or visit friends."