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
Proscovia
received a $446 second payment.
"GD did something i never expected in my life, i never expected to receive such amount of money in my life, my children can now go to school and am able to support my parents."
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6 years ago
Samule
received a $464 initial payment.
"I feel so happy nowadays unlike before, Even the sickness i have been feeling is reducing since i have been able to seek medical attention"
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6 years ago
Muwereza
received a $446 second payment.
"That money was so helpful to me, it came at a time i needed it so much as my son was going to be imprisoned"
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6 years ago
Baseke
received a $446 second payment.
"my life is different than it would have been if i never received the in a way that now i have a good looking house, my family is happy because we can now afford a meal in a day"
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6 years ago
Alice
received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have bought a cow for rearing as a way of future investment."
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6 years ago
Jamira
received a $446 second payment.
"my life is different than it would have been in that i now have a place i call home, i was also able to buy household assets which i did not have before like a bed, mattress, solar and solar battery"
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6 years ago
Mbasalaki
received a $446 second payment.
"the difference is that I no longer have darkness in my home at night. My home has light throughout the night and this is got from the solar system that I bought using my first transfer. I also have plans of buying a motor cycle any time from now. To me this is a big dream that I did not think of in my life. I am so happy indeed."
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6 years ago
Babirye
received a $446 second payment.
"Construction was my problem which GD brought to reality."
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6 years ago
Scovia
received a $464 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I am happy and dressed in good clothes."
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6 years ago
Johnson
received a $464 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I am now a happy person since I have paid the debt and regained ownership of an acre of land that had been mortgaged which I now cultivate during this second rains."
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