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
Kenedy
received a $23 eighth payment.
"I am planning to purchase a few goats to start me off on livestock farming which is something I have always wanted to do for a long time but could not due to lack of money."
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6 years ago
Millicent
received a $23 eighth payment.
"I hope that in six months time, I will have a better house which will give me an opportunity to focus on other things like better education for my children."
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6 years ago
Angella
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough money for building ironroofed house and buying a piece of land to farm."
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6 years ago
John
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means to build ironroofed house for comfortable shelter. "
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6 years ago
Grace
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to complete the construction of my house.
When it rains, the whole house becomes wet because it leaks."
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6 years ago
Francis
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of land for cultivation."
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6 years ago
Josephine
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means purchasing a plot of land since I currently own one where I stay.I also want to buy beddings and possibly a cow for milk purposes "
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6 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is poor accomodation. I am sleeping in a sub-standard house which can easily collapse with heavy rains."
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6 years ago
Syprose
received a $23 eighth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have finished paying the water tank fully hence when it rains I will be able to fetch water and so I will not struggle fetching water in the far off places."
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6 years ago
David
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of a stable income to cater for my family's needs like paying school fees for my children. I get so little from my farming that I cannot afford to take care of all my responsibilities. "
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