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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Jackline's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jackline enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I am going to to make a step in life . I plan to build a new home using the transfer. "
Imeldah's family
access_time 6 years ago
Imeldah received a $23 seventh payment.
"My life will have changed because by then I will have a business that I will be running that will keep me sustained even after the cash transfers are stopped."
Jael's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jael received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have started saving my project of putting up my home."
Eunice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Eunice received a $23 seventh payment.
"I am planning to quit my current business in the next six months so that I can start a more profitable and a less tedious one like opening a boutique."
Charles's family
access_time 6 years ago
Charles received a $23 seventh payment.
"I will sell my goats and I hope that the money I will raise from that will be enough to buy a dairy cow.This will help me save the money that we usually spend on milk daily,and the profits I make from selling the extra milk will be used to purchase other goats."
Chelangat's family
access_time 6 years ago
Chelangat received a $23 seventh payment.
"In the next six months, I would have completed building a new room and my children to sleep and also add a dairy cow."
Jane's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jane received a $23 seventh payment.
"I believe my life will change because I will be free from the debts and the family's food stock shall have also increased. Part of the cash will also help in increasing the stock of my small scale business."
Wilson's family
access_time 6 years ago
Wilson received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I would have fully transitioned to horticulture farming which will enable me to earn some income to pay the school for my children and even meet other household needs."
Gideon's family
access_time 6 years ago
Gideon received a $23 seventh payment.
"In the next six months, I would have to build a good poultry house and started a poultry keeping and a good house to live."
Kipngeno's family
access_time 6 years ago
Kipngeno received a $253 second payment.
"In the next six months, I would expect to have started dairy farming so that I can get to have milk for sale and get more income for supporting my family."