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.
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Maureen's family
access_time 6 years ago
Maureen enrolled.
"Growing up I have wished to be a tour guide or work in a children's home. Being a tour guide was driven by my love for animals while working in a Children's home was from my love for children and I know there is where children are in abundance and they lack parents."
Grace's family
access_time 6 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"My ambition is to be a business woman and be able to provide for my children and make them proud. I will be successful in selling clothes or even opening up fashion shops"
Millicent's family
access_time 6 years ago
Millicent enrolled.
"My first priority is to save the money for about 3 months, so that I can go to school and study baking and pastry course, then I can open a pastry shop and finally help pay rent for my mother."
Mercy's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mercy received a $23 eighth payment.
"I will have started my small scale business that will sustain me into the future."
Patrick's family
access_time 6 years ago
Patrick enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of enough support for education of my young orphaned siblings."
Peter's family
access_time 6 years ago
Peter enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will build a permanent household for my family and the balance pay fees for my children. "
Robert's family
access_time 6 years ago
Robert enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to buy oxen, staying with a woman that I have not married."
John's family
access_time 6 years ago
John enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to build a better house and buy household items. "
Miria's family
access_time 6 years ago
Miria enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of money to pay school fees for my children. "
Rose's family
access_time 6 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of money to take care of the needs of the fa mily. "