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
Florence
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is inability to meet daily basic needs for the orphans I am taking care of after the loss I my co-wife."
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6 years ago
Jumwa
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is suffering from breast cancer. I had to undergo an operation and this drained financially. "
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6 years ago
Karisa
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to start livestock business that will give me income. I will be able to pay school fees for my children and also complete a house for my children that I have started."
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6 years ago
Catherine
enrolled.
"Receiving this money will help me to hire land for farming."
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6 years ago
Rispa
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I shall be able to pay fees to my grandchildren and college fees to one of them who have been doing odd jobs after I struggled to pay his frees through to high school. Givedirectly transfer has made me feel like the dreams I had for my family is restored and the second transfer will help me in buying a generator that I would use to pump water to my vegetables so that I be able to farm all year round unlike last year that dry season saw all my vegetables dry up. "
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6 years ago
Sam
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of land that I can cultivate.
As a result, I have always lacked food."
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6 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship which I face in my life is low per capital income due to unemployment. "
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6 years ago
Catherine
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship which I face in my life is poor accommodation. "
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6 years ago
Fatuma
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to build a better house for me and my family. It will also enable me to educate my four children in school and take care of our basic needs especially food. "
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6 years ago
Christine
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, buy household items. "
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