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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Anna's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Anna enrolled.
"Receiving this money means an aid that will help improve my living standard. It will lighten my burden on paying school fees O shall invest parr of it on raising some livestock for milk."
Victor's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Victor enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of close relatives whom I can even share my problems with, since my parents died while I was still young. "
Joweri's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Joweri received a $459 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that now my children will study the whole of this year without worrying about school fees"
Jamira's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Jamira received a $459 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I now don't rent a garden to do my farming "
Nabirye's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Nabirye received a $441 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been in a way that I now sleep comfortably because I built a house "
Susan's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Susan received a $23 seventh payment.
"In the next six months,I hope that I will be living in a better house because I am planning to use the next few transfers I will be receiving to re-roof my leaking house."
Helen's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Helen received a $45 third payment.
"In the next six months, I will open a better and bigger shop. I will employee a few people to run the shop."
Roselyne's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Roselyne received a $23 seventh payment.
"I hope that in the next six months,I will be stable enough so that I can move out of my parents' house and rent my own place."
Josefina's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Josefina received a $23 seventh payment.
"I expect to have farmed and I will expect a bumper harvest this will give me fincial freedom."
Nicholas's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Nicholas enrolled.
"The biggest hardship which I face in my life is sickness, which has caused me to be more poorer because the little money I get goses for treatment for my baby and my wife ."