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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Bosco's family
access_time 6 years ago
Bosco received a $440 second payment.
"I now have a new motorcycle that I never had"
Namukose's family
access_time 6 years ago
Namukose received a $459 initial payment.
"My child is studying without tuition hardships, I'm healthy because GD took my stress away."
Stephen's family
access_time 6 years ago
Stephen received a $23 fourth payment.
"My life is currently different from how it was four months go because right now l do not to depend on mother fully for our family to have something on the table."
Sam's family
access_time 6 years ago
Sam received a $441 second payment.
"My life is different in that I have I have got a paece of mind because am relieved from the burden of look for thatch yearly, since am soon sleeping in an iron roofed house, constructing an iron roofed house in a short period of time is something that I couldn't have achieved had I not recieved this transfer."
Samuel's family
access_time 6 years ago
Samuel received a $441 second payment.
"My life is different In that I have been in position to own oxen and an ox-plough that has greatly eased farming. I have also bought iron sheets that am intending to use for constructing an iron roofed house, getting all the above would not be possible had I not recieved this transfer."
Simon's family
access_time 6 years ago
Simon received a $441 second payment.
"My life is different in that I have been in position to buy 3 cows at once that am to pay for dowary, buying these cow would not be possible had I not recieved this transfer."
Betty's family
access_time 6 years ago
Betty enrolled.
"Receiving this money means alot to me.I have never received any money not meant to be returned.It will greatly help me in dealing with my current financial needs"
Yovan's family
access_time 6 years ago
Yovan enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is sleeping in a leaking house. Grass has become too hard to find."
Jennifer's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jennifer enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to buy oxen and an ox-plough. "
Ana's family
access_time 6 years ago
Ana enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of farm land."