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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Eunice's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Eunice enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having my own children that support with house work especially during those times that I feel tired to cook or wash clothes.Having them around and being helpful is a good thing to me."
Bernadetta's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Bernadetta enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is raising school fees for my secondary school girls.I was forced to drop one of them from school for lack of fees.Living with this is really disturbing me alot."
Harrisemos's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Harrisemos enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to pay school fees for my two children through secondary school even though I didn't have a proper source of income."
Ellen's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Ellen enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life was difficulty in feeding my family since my husband died and I didn't have a reliable income."
Kennedy's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Kennedy enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is going to secondary school.I can be able to read,write and communicate well with people in english unlike my peers who dropped out of school."
Mary's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is the sheep which I bought from my own saving. Through it, I managed to buy a dairy cow."
Janet's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Janet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing is the inability to meet my family's basic needs such as food because of low and unreliable source of income. At times we miss meals which makes my small children to be vulnerable to diseases."
Joyce's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Joyce enrolled.
"The biggest hardship am facing is insufficient income to meet my family's basic needs and also my grandchildren stays at home while their peers are at school learning."
Michael's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Michael enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is high cost of living.My income cannot sustain my family's expenditure and so it is streinous and stressful."
Wilkister's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Wilkister enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is bringing up my family under meager earnings, I failed to feed, dress & educate my children properly. "