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.
Reuben's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Reuben received a $23 second payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have a continuous flow of cash thus ability to cover all needs at home, since I will be having a dairy cow and also a small business that will help in more income generation.I will be self employed managing my shop that I plan to have."
Sheilah's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Sheilah received a $23 second payment.
"since I received this money,I have planned to start keeping chicken .This is because its an income generating activity that is not too demanding. I may not be able to do other jobs other than keeping chicken which is done within my homestead compound .This is the only activity i can engage in conveniently because I am disabled"
Mourine's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Mourine received a $23 second payment.
"My new goal is to grow my business through continued strategic diversification. For example , with my next payment I plan to introduce the 25 kg bag of sugar, and so on. I could not have dared plan in this manner before due to low finances.."
Consolata's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Consolata received a $23 second payment.
"In the next six months,I expect the my life to change with my house well plastered."
Jackson's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Jackson received a $23 initial payment.
"My new goal is to build a house with transfer and buy a cow. Since I joint merry go round when I got the transfer from GD, I am planning to spent the money to built a house and buy a cow. These two items I have been longing for sometime."
Reuben's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Reuben received a $23 second payment.
"My life currently is different from how it would have been without the transfers in that, I have currently saved some amount of money for emergency such as to buy medicine as well as for NHIF payments. Without the transfers, I used to strain so much since the little I get is just enough for basic needs for my family"
Richard's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Richard received a $23 second payment.
"My life is currently different in that i was able to buy some chicken that i never thought i could buy and that i was able to clear the fee balances without having to really struggle."
James's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
James received a $23 initial payment.
"Yes I do, I have set my mind that I have to save and invest in projects that may change my life."
Pamela's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Pamela received a $23 second payment.
"I also intend to revive my small scale groceries business that had collapsed so as to improve my living standards."
Beatrice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Beatrice received a $23 initial payment.
"I expect my life to be better in the next six months because I will have constructed a house for my children as well as for the guest since currently I do not have somewhere to host my guest for a night. By then, I will also have bought cushions for my furniture which we currently sit on without cushions"