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.
Recho's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Recho enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of school fees for my children.The little money I get all goes to feeding the family leaving a shortage for school fees.I have one son who was supposed to join college but never made it due to lack of school fees.The other children have struggled in their studies since they are in and out of school.Others have been forced to repeat classes making them demoralized in their studies."
Margaret's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Margaret enrolled.
"Receiving this money will be the greatest thing that ever happened in my life. I will use it to pay school fee for my two children in secondary school and start a poultry business."
Namukoose's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Namukoose enrolled.
"Receiving this money means to buy aplot of land and construct my own house because am currently staying in my father's house with my children."
Kasadha's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Kasadha enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is face walking for long distance to buy basic needs and accessing medication due lack of transport means."
Agnes's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Agnes enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced is accomodation where whenever there are strong rains, the roof of our house has been blown away destroying our property. "
Alajab's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Alajab enrolled.
"Receiving this money will enable my family to start up a family enterprise such that we can earn an income on a daily basis other than depending on agriculture where we have to wait for four months to harvest"
Tito's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Tito enrolled.
"My biggest hardship I have faced in life is that I have a small piece of land which cannot produce enough food to sustain my family to the next harvest season therefore I usually spend alot of money renting land for farming yet I do not have a stable source of income."
Chepkorir's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Chepkorir enrolled.
"While in school I really struggled with school fee because my parents didn't have money to educate me. Sometimes I was forced to do casual work over the weekends and during holidays so has to raise money for the fee. That was the biggest challenge in my life."
Tabitha's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Tabitha enrolled.
"Receiving this money is going uplift my living standards. I am planning to use my transfer on paying school fee for my children and also buy a cow that will provide my household milk in the near future."
Paul's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Paul enrolled.
"All of my kids dropped out of school due to my inability to pay for their school fees. Now, about all of them are struggling in life as we speak-some of them are jobless. This has made me feel as if I have failed as a parent and this feeling is really tormenting me every now and then. For me this is the biggest hardship I've ever experienced in my life. "