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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Dina's family
access_time 6 years ago
Dina enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will build a permanent house and also buy some cattle. "
Namayaanja's family
access_time 6 years ago
Namayaanja received a $459 initial payment.
"The moment i received my money I was very happy because I didnt know that they would give us this much money "
Namaganda's family
access_time 6 years ago
Namaganda received a $441 second payment.
"My life is different in that I now own a plot of land and am building"
Peter's family
access_time 6 years ago
Peter received a $459 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I became very happy."
Hellen's family
access_time 6 years ago
Hellen enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will buy cattle and renovate our family house."
Betty's family
access_time 6 years ago
Betty enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of basic needs for my family welfare."
Margaret's family
access_time 6 years ago
Margaret received a $23 seventh payment.
"plaster my house,buy more livestock to rear for milk production,cultivation ans sale ."
Syprosa's family
access_time 6 years ago
Syprosa received a $253 second payment.
"In the next six months I will have finished building and plastered the kitchen, I also will have bought a cow and household furnitures."
Caroline's family
access_time 6 years ago
Caroline received a $253 second payment.
"I expect to have a better economic status from farming because it is what I am now depending on to get an income. In the next six months we will be having two harvests because the next crops we will plant are cabbages and potatoes (they take three months to mature). We will be giving our best in this so as to get a good income and continue having a better life onward."
Lorna's family
access_time 6 years ago
Lorna received a $253 second payment.
"I expect my life to change for the better in the coming six months. Especially to discontinue casual work of picking tea leaves. The work is strenuous and time consuming not to mention the meager pay per day. I look forward to being free from casual work so as to plan my time to do my business and my own farm work. I believe it will be less strenuous with better returns."