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We’re committed to transparency and use our survey technology to collect and share real-time updates and stories in this live newsfeed.

Browse the real, unedited profiles of the recipients we serve, learn about their aspirations, and follow them to stay updated as their lives move forward.

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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.

over 6 years ago

Mildred received a $23 third payment.

"I am planning to save my cash so that I should be able to pay school fees for my son who is yet to join secondary school."

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over 6 years ago

Dominic received a $253 initial payment.

"I am planning to plaster and paint my house and buy good furniture.I also intend to increase potato farming by hiring a piece of land."

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over 6 years ago

Mercy received a $235 initial payment.

"Before GD transfer, I had no livestock. Right now I have ten poultry birds and a cow, which I bought using GD transfers."

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over 6 years ago

Oware received a $45 initial payment.

"I am planning to buy fertilizers so that I will be able to get quality and quantity harvest in the future."

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over 6 years ago

David received a $235 initial payment.

"In the next six moths I expect to have opened my own workshop and buy a heifer."

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over 6 years ago

Priscillah received a $23 fifth payment.

"I am planning to improve my house using the saving i have been keeping."

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over 6 years ago

Namaganda enrolled.

"Recieving this money means economic progress through buying household assets like cows and goats."

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over 6 years ago

Namunana enrolled.

"Receiving this money means transformation for my household from poverty to economic prosperity."

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over 6 years ago

Tibaga enrolled.

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is sickness which hinders me from providing for my family because most of the time I feel so week."

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over 6 years ago

Scovia enrolled.

"Receiving this money means getting the things we do not have like building a bigger house, buying animals like goats, cows to improve our lives."

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