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
Carrolyne
received a $545 initial payment.
"I bought plastic chairs for hiring hence, I have been making money by hiring them to my neighbours and churches where their are fuctions thus it has increased my daily income .I am now able to provide for my family basic needs with a lot of ease."
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6 years ago
Sylvester
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means a sigh of hope to me and my entire family. I shall spend the money on supporting my family through provision of basic needs such as food. "
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6 years ago
Sidi
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, is raising my children single handedly after the death of my spouse. Three years ago, my elder son who was the sole bread winner also died and left the family in despair."
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6 years ago
Kabibi
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship in my life is lack of sufficient income. This has made it difficult for me to pay school fees for two children in secondary school. It pains me when they are sent home from school and have to stay home for almost two months before I can make enough money to take them back and be able to pay the fee balances."
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6 years ago
Abraham
enrolled.
"Receiving this money makes me so happy. I will use it to build a bigger semi permanent house for my family since currently we stay in a small mud house. "
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6 years ago
Phenny
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was losing my mother. I no longer have someone to give me pieces of advice and encouragement in life the way my mother used to do. "
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6 years ago
Pamela
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy cement and poles so that I can repair my house. I will spend the remaining amount on starting my own salon. "
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6 years ago
Gilbert
enrolled.
"Receiving this money will be of great help to me because it will help me develop myself as a young person with a family. I will be able to build a better house and but a cow so that my family will get milk to use and to sell some. That would be a siurce of income to our family."
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6 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"I would like to be a successful business woman owning properties and building estates. I would want when I grow old to live a better life and not rely on my children. I would like to give a good foundation of self reliance to my children so that in future they do not struggle."
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6 years ago
Joyce
enrolled.
"In the morning once am awake I first do household chores then prepare tea and take tea. When am done I go to the market to buy stock for my shop and once am back I just stay at my shop waiting for customers. At lunch time I go cook since I have a disabled child then come back to the shop up-to 9:30pm at night then once I have closed my shop I go home cook eat and then sleep. "
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