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.
Velma's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Velma enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is hunger and diseases. Due to lack of proper income, we go without meals hence so vulnerable to malnutrition related ailments. "
Peter's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Peter enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I am going to repair my motor bike that I used to run, I shall also be able to start my wife fish business since the family demands on me alone are overwhelming. I will use the remaining money to start vegetable farming."
Ernest's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Ernest enrolled.
"Receiving this money means getting a good shelter for the family. I plan to buy iron sheets and build a spacious house. "
Victor's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Victor received a $236 initial payment.
"I have bigger a house which accommodates my family well, my children have never been sent home for the same and we have never gone without food ever since I started receiving this transfer."
Maureen's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Maureen received a $254 initial payment.
"I will have finished building my house. I am also planning to start up a business to generate more income for my family."
Daizy's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Daizy received a $236 initial payment.
"In the next six months I would expect to have bought a heifer and expand my business buy introducing quick foods like potato chips and snacks."
Ellen's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Ellen received a $236 initial payment.
"My life is currently different from how it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I have managed to buy iron sheets and I am now hopefully if building my house."
Beatrice's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Beatrice received a $236 initial payment.
"The new goal that I have gotten that I didn't have before is to do tea farming."
Cherotich's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Cherotich received a $23 sixth payment.
"I expect to have a bought a dairy cow by selling poultry farming."
Patricia's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Patricia received a $236 initial payment.
"My life is currently different from how it would have been if I had never received the transfer in that, I have capital to start my business and no longer struggle very much to look for capital which I can use start my second business."