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
Daisy
received a $545 initial payment.
"I felt very happy the moment I received my money and did not rest until I bought a cow same day because me and the children had suffered a lot because of lack of milk."
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6 years ago
David
enrolled.
"We have been intending to increase the size of land under cultivation but due to lack of finance, we have not been able fulfill that. I am a carpenter by profession and I get meagre income from it which is hardly enough to buy another land and that has been the biggest hardship I have faced in life."
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6 years ago
Brayan
enrolled.
"I normally go to my father's house and watch movies"
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6 years ago
Tobias
enrolled.
"I would like to pay for graduation since its bad to study without graduating, at least it would be better to put mind set on business to improve living standard at least to shift in better place."
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6 years ago
Brian
enrolled.
"To go back to school and get more skills to improve my life"
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6 years ago
Onyango
enrolled.
"I want to open a kids ps shop so that by kidz playing i will be able to raise daily income that can help me buy food and save some little cash.
By paying my school, i will gain more knowledge on how to run the business till i expand it and be able to employ more people.
At my home place, cows are seen as long term invetment and by them giving birth i will beable to sell after a period of time and even use them for dowry payment."
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6 years ago
Mark
enrolled.
"To boost my business so that I can be self dependant and continue with education to support family "
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6 years ago
Dominic
enrolled.
"Relaxing at home with friends "
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6 years ago
Geoffrey
enrolled.
"I would love to be a well known designer of clothes."
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6 years ago
Evans
enrolled.
"I will invest in boda boda business. The remaining i will buy clothes and food."
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