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.
Josephine's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Josephine enrolled.
"We are going to face lift our house and add an attachment for the children's bedroom. This money is also going to change our life in away that we shall buy good beddings for a comfortable sleep and pay school fees for our kids."
Geofry's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Geofry enrolled.
"Receiving this money is like a miracle to me because i have a business plan that has taken me long to implement because i lack capital. I tried farming to get the capital but even my outputs were not good."
Esther's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Esther enrolled.
"The biggest hardship iam facing is lack of enough food to eat."
Eunice's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Eunice received a $254 initial payment.
"No new goal."
Yashin's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Yashin enrolled.
"The biggest hardship iam facing is lack of land for farming."
Lonah's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Lonah enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is difficulty in providing food as well as paying school fees for my children. I am a jobless woman and adversed in age hence I cannot engage in hard labour to earn a living."
Ada's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Ada enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of funds to help me run my projects. I had lost my pieces land and a heard of cattle to my neighboring community due to inter tribal war in 1992. I currently live as a squatter in a piece of land which was once belonging to my family."
Paul's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Paul enrolled.
"Fifteen years ago I was diagonised with diabetes which in turn led to High blood pressure.I have been under medication since then and every month I have to buy drugs worth 5,000 Kenya shillings.This has been a real struggle.Infact I had a shop business which collapsed due to the expenses to do with my medication.This is the biggest hardship I have faced in my life."
Jared's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Jared received a $254 initial payment.
"I expect to renovate my first wife's house so they are at the same living standard with my second wife. I am planning to install solar system to light my home."
John's family
access_time over 6 years ago
John received a $254 initial payment.
"I do not have any new goal."