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.
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Pamela's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Pamela received a $477 third payment.
"My best option was to use the last transfer to build a new kitchen. The kitchen I had initially collapsed during heavy rainfall season."
Alice's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Alice received a $482 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on purchasing seats because I had old ones and paid school fees for my daughter in high school. I also bought 7 goats and 4 sheep since I knew that I will be able to sell the young ones when they multiply and in return use the money for my needs. The remaining amount went on food which we ate as a family."
Sylyvier's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Sylyvier received a $636 second payment.
"My life is currently different in that I can pay my children's fees well, we have a house hence the rains cannot rain on us any more. Food is no longer a big issue as it was before."
Roseleane's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Roseleane received a $236 initial payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have plastered my house to make it more durable."
Nancy's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Nancy received a $636 second payment.
"My life is currently different given that I bought goats I see them multiplying and this will help me pay my children fees once I have sold them. This will make our life much easier as compared to before we started received the transfers."
Carren's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Carren received a $482 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on purchasing more clothes for my husband and four children and a bag of maize for the family's consumption. I also paid 3 people who worked on my farm and I glad that I still enjoying the produce to date. The remaining amount went on cementing the outside wall of my house that could be destroyed by rain and finished smearing my kitchen which my childred also use to rest at night."
Paulina's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Paulina received a $479 third payment.
"I was staying in rental house and immediately I got my third transfer I used in building my own house because we had enough piece of land and I had already bought building materials with my first and second transfer.I am now happy because I do not pay rent any more and I have a spacious house that can comfortably accommodate my family."
Lilian's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Lilian received a $498 third payment.
"I spent the transfer on buying more materials and paying contractors to build a bigger house to accommodate my large family."
Irine's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Irine received a $636 second payment.
"Currently my life is different, I live in a plastered house unlike before the transfers I lived in mad house. I am bale to feed my family thanks to the project that I started and it currently sustains my family's needs."
Alice's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Alice received a $477 third payment.
"I spent the cash transfer on paying school fees my daughter who was in high school by then. I also used part of it to buy sand and new steel doors that I intended to use in building a new house."