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.
Nicholas's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Nicholas received a $23 second payment.
"I see my self staying in my own house with a heard of goats right in front of it. This will be like a night mare when it comes to pass."
John's family
access_time over 6 years ago
John received a $23 second payment.
"I will have cultivated my land and by then I will have harvested my beans and settled my children school fees arrears. Besides that I will have enough food for my family though the dry season."
Susan's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Susan received a $473 third payment.
"I spent my transfer on paying school fees for my son who is in teachers' college and also bought household items such as bedding, table, seats and utensils."
Gladhys's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Gladhys received a $23 second payment.
"I am planning to fence my compound for security purpose as well as take my so to college a dream that has been making me go nuts."
Beatrice's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Beatrice received a $476 third payment.
"I spent my transfer on paying for university admission for my step son who was joining university."
Salome's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Salome received a $473 third payment.
"I spent my transfer on paying school fees for my daughter in secondary school since she had been sent home for the same and I also bought three cows which I will use for milk production."
Lily's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Lily received a $23 second payment.
"I expect my house to have a cemented floor and my children to have no fee arrears."
Elsha's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Elsha received a $473 third payment.
"I spent my transfer on paying school fees for my three children in secondary school who had been sent home for the same. They were at home while their fellows were in school studying."
Margaret's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Margaret received a $23 second payment.
"I expect to grow old in peace and with little struggles given that food will not be a problem and farming has been made more easier now that I can hire labor with the transfers I receive from GD."
Joyce's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is dropping out of school.My dream was to complete at least secondary education but I dropped out in my first year in secondary school due to lack of school fees.I feel that I could be struggling less to feed my two children if I had completed secondary education."