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
John
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough money to sustain my family in terms of buying food and paying school fees for my children "
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over 6 years ago
Tikila
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is my eyes which can not see well sometimes and it has taken a lot of money try to correct them"
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over 6 years ago
Stephen
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have ever faced is when i got an accident with a motorcycle. It injured me and yet i have to work."
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over 6 years ago
Samuel
enrolled.
"When i receive this money, i will buy a plot a construct a commercial house."
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over 6 years ago
James
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means, I will be in position to build an iron roofed house for myself "
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over 6 years ago
Milkah
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is unreliable source of income. I depend on casual labor that pays very little hence not able to provide for my family's basic needs like food and education."
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over 6 years ago
Margaret
enrolled.
"Receiving this money money better house and improved nutrition for my family. I would like to spend the transfer on construction of a new house that is spacious enough to accommodate my family. I would also like to spend the remaining part to start a small business."
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over 6 years ago
Janifer
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means completing my house by plastering it and purchasing oxen for ploughing. "
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over 6 years ago
Fred
received a $440 second payment.
"I now have two plots of land even when the second one has not been fully paid for. I have my house looking so good with a metalic door and a new roof as opposed to the olden days when I slept in a leaking house."
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over 6 years ago
Johnson
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means purchasing oxen for ploughing and starting up a business to sustain myself."
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