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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over 6 years ago
Byogero
received a $459 initial payment.
"My house is now complete "
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over 6 years ago
Wilyamu
received a $441 second payment.
"My life has changed and am far better th a before"
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over 6 years ago
Longoire
received a $441 second payment.
"I now own land"
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over 6 years ago
Nambwola
received a $441 second payment.
"I have finished building my own house"
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over 6 years ago
Rosemary
received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months l am planing to have started saving for my project of building a new house."
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over 6 years ago
Bitaminsi
received a $459 initial payment.
"I was able to touch more than a million shillings which I had never touched before. Am also yet to to graduate from sleeping in a house made of wattle and mud."
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over 6 years ago
Namukose
received a $441 second payment.
"I now have a house that I built using the first transfer (token), I now have a plot of land, my capital increased from where it was. I also have household items that I never had before enrolment to GD. "
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over 6 years ago
Babirye
received a $441 second payment.
"I now have a house which I did not have before. I now have a cow and going to buy another one. These cows are for milk purposes. Am generally no longer a poor woman like i used to be. "
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over 6 years ago
Thomas
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of a stable job to provide me with a steady income. I do casual jobs and the pay is never guaranteed. The money I get is so little that it cannot cater for my family's needs like paying school fees, feeding and even clothing. "
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over 6 years ago
David
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I shall be able to access some financial aid which will help me to boost my farming activities. Through this aid, my life will positively change since it will contribute towards eradicating poverty from my house."
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