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
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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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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. "
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