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
Sarah
received a $475 third payment.
"I spent the whole of the third transfer to plaster my house since l have been longing to stay in neat plastered house like other people, this is also the easiest way of maintaining it."
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over 6 years ago
Stacy
received a $475 third payment.
"I spent most of the third transfer to buy building materials as l am planning to build a spacious house since l am staying in a very small house where l am not comfortable. The remaining balance l spent to start cattle farming so l bought three goats and one sheep."
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over 6 years ago
Susan
received a $475 third payment.
"I spent most of the third transfer to buy two cow bulls for farming this will save me from hiring people's cows to work on my farm as l used to do before. I also spent the transfer to pay school fee for my children who are in private primary school. The remaining balance l spent to buy music system."
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over 6 years ago
Michael
received a $496 third payment.
"I spent the whole of the third transfer to build a spacious comfortable house since l was staying in a very small house where l was squeezing myself with my family being that l have a large family."
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over 6 years ago
Kato
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced in life is loosing my wife after giving birth."
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over 6 years ago
Mohamed
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I had faced in my life was the difficulty in paying my school fees. This situation forced me to drop out of school at class eight level hence limiting me from achieving my ambition of becoming an engineer."
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over 6 years ago
Morine
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is inability to provide basic needs such as food to my family members. My husband is a motorist although he does not own a motorcycle. He therefore, works for a friend for a little and unsatisfactory wages. "
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over 6 years ago
Amina
enrolled.
"Receiving this money is like an answered prayer to me. I have been burdened to take care of my children after the demise of my husband. This transfer is therefore a sigh of relief from my burden."
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over 6 years ago
Ruth
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is lack of self-owned land. It has been a great challenge to us in settling as we are frequently evicted by land owners as they wish. "
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over 6 years ago
Victorine
received a $253 initial payment.
"My children got dresses up in good clothes and shoes they had never put on shoes in their entire life. As a family wee were unhappy because casual jobs left me stressed up and fatigued. I am really happy we have enough food and joy is back in our family."
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