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.
Geoffrey's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Geoffrey enrolled.
"Receiving this money means a lot to me.I do not have a decent house to live in and I have been trying hard to save up to build one but what I earn from casual jobs cannot meet family expenses as well as save up for the house.This money will help me fulfil this "
Christiner's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Christiner enrolled.
"Since my husband became sick three years ago, I have been left to fend for my family single handedly yet the small business I do cannot sustain the whole family. That has been the biggest hardship I have faced in my life."
Irene's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Irene enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of resources to buy food and pay school fees for my children,especially when the motorcycle that my husband rides has been withdrawn from him by the owner."
Joseph's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"Receiving this money means great blessing to us since we are going to buy poultry and feeds to improve our earning."
Collins's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Collins enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is being unable to raise funeral expenses for decent burial of my relatives who passed on recently."
Caroline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Caroline enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that we will be able to build a bigger house as the one we stay in is very small. We will also be able to use part of the cash to buy fertilizer that we can apply on our sugarcane plantation. "
Charles's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Charles enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I stay in a house that is leaking when it rains and it is almost collapsing on me. "
Beatrice's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Beatrice received a $23 fifth payment.
"I expect to have bought a dairy cow because the value will increase with time and I will have bought a dairy cow."
Paul's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Paul enrolled.
"The biggest hardship in my life is when I lost my wife, it happened at the most critical time when my two sons were to join college and I had no source of income. I have been depending on donations from family and friends"
Mercy's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mercy enrolled.
"The biggest hardship in my life is when I lost my dairy cow, this was the only cow I had and sad enough it was my main source of income. "