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.
Seline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Seline received a $635 second payment.
"Their is a very big difference in my life because I am staying in a more spacious house since I expanded my house with my first transfer.I am also happy having cleared school fees for my son who is in form, I was very worried because I did not know whether I was going to clear the fee balance since I did not have any source of income."
Fredrick's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Fredrick received a $45 initial payment.
"I have my own money and I don't ask for pocket money from my parents and I am in school studying in peace. I have not been sent home again for school fees."
Ruth's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Ruth received a $476 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer in paying medical bill for my husband who was hospitalized.I also bought maize for family consumption and house hold items."
Jacob's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Jacob received a $27 initial payment.
"My business has kicked off and we eat well and balanced diet."
Milkar's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Milkar received a $99 initial payment.
"I felt so happy because I had no money by then. My husband died in 2013 and left me in abject poverty. I was told by me fellow villagers who said that I would never get the money because the rest of the village members had received their cash last year."
Jackline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Jackline received a $476 third payment.
"I had a problem of paying school fees for my children so I used this cash to sort the school fees balances. Apart from that, I also used part of the cash to buy new iron sheets that I am planning to use in building a new house."
Elijah's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Elijah received a $476 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer to buy sofa set worth 16000 KES because I did not have presentable seats where my visitors could sit comfortably when they visit me.I also bought clothes for my children because they did not have presentable ones."
Mariana's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mariana received a $27 initial payment.
"In the next six months, I would want to buy a cow, buy steel door and plaster the floor of my house."
Teresa's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Teresa received a $476 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer to pay school fees for my child who was in secondary school.I also gave my son 20000 KES to facilitate him in paying dowry.The rest I bought maize and food for family consumption."
Martha's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Martha received a $497 third payment.
"I used the cash transfer to buy cement that i used to plaster my house. I also bought sand one truck at a cost of 6000 KES. I had a house that urgently needed to be plastered and that is why I opted to spend the cash in that manner."