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.
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over 6 years ago
Jecinter
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having passed my class eight national examinations, now I am in form one and looking forward to joining university after four years."
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over 6 years ago
Joseph
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is inability to service my loans after losing a lot of my business money to conmen."
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over 6 years ago
Victor
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement in life has been being able to complete my University education. Having been born and lived my whole life in the rural areas, getting educated to University level has been my greatest achievement."
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over 6 years ago
Susilia
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is dire hardship that rendered me helpless, not being able to pay school fees for my children and grandchildren. "
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over 6 years ago
Reuben
enrolled.
"The achievement I'm proudest of is practicing horticulture which yielded to expectation. I sold part of produce for extra cash. "
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over 6 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is my husband's illness. I used all my savings for medication but his health keeps deteriorating. "
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over 6 years ago
Paston
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is old age, l can't provide for my family as I did during my younger days. "
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over 6 years ago
Catherine
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of in life, is having operated my business from which, as a widow I managed to save some money. I used my savings from the business to buy materials for building the house I am currently living in."
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over 6 years ago
Steven
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, was difficulty in paying my secondary school fee. I could occasionally be sent home for fee. I often took weeks before resuming classes, thus my secondary education was not an easy venture."
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over 6 years ago
Christine
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I used to be a vegetable farmer and through it I managed to buy part of my household furniture making my house to be a bit comfortable."
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