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.
Mary's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mary received a $481 third payment.
"I did spend 40,000 KES to pay school fees for my son and the remaining balance I spent on household needs. I bought school uniform for my son and bought food for my family."
Lucy's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Lucy received a $478 third payment.
"I used the last cash transfer to buy new steel doors, three windows and a new sofa-set. These are the needs that I needed the most and that is why I opted to give them the first priority."
Rose's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Rose received a $478 third payment.
"I used my last cash transfer to buy new stock of my business. I opened a shop quite a while ago, where I sell shop items to my customers. I sell items such as sugar, cooking oil, bread, salt, doughnuts, washing soaps, sodas and bread. My business is still doing well to date and it has sustained my family all through."
Rosemary's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Rosemary received a $478 third payment.
"My last cash transfer was spent on buying cement, new windows and doors that we fitted into our new house. The technicians who were working on the new house were also paid using part of this cash."
Seline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Seline received a $478 third payment.
"I used this money to buy cows that I used to pay my own dowry. In addition that, I also bought household items such as house curtains. I also bought new steel doors and windows that I fitted into my new house. Finally I bought new fishing nets that we use to fish everyday."
Naom's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Naom received a $479 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building a decent spacious semi-permanent traditional house and now I have a peace of mind since I no longer have to search for cow-dung to smear my previous mud house at the same time I have a house that I have always desired. I also bought a she - cow which is almost giving rise to a young one."
Everline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Everline received a $476 third payment.
"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on buying building materials such as eight windows and sixty iron sheets which I am planning to use them on building a decent six roomed house at the moment I am staying in a small house which doesn't fix my family members comfortably. I also bought a sheep and food for my family's consumption."
Josphine's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Josphine received a $478 third payment.
"I used the last cash transfer to buy a water pump that I wanted to use for agricultural purposes. In addition to that, I also decided to build a toilet since I did not have one by then. Finally I started a small scale business by opening a small shop where I sale goods to my customers and make a profit out of the business."
Milka's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Milka received a $478 third payment.
"I used my last cash transfer to pay school fees for my child, bought four goats and then bought a television set. Finally I started a small scale business of buying and re-selling dagaa to my customers. The business is what has kept my family afloat all this while."
Everlyne's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Everlyne received a $637 second payment.
"My life different if l could not have received the transfer is that l could still be sitting in a water container and sleep on a mart. My spouse also could not have manage to pay dowry."