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.
Christine's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i Will be able to pay school fees for my children, buy a piece of land, buy some livestock."
Naaman's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Naaman enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing is sleeping at a neighbour's house which is leaky when it rains as I don't own a shelter."
Irene's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Irene enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is the dairy cow which I bought from the sale of my farm produce. This has indeed improved the diet of my family as well as earned us little income from the sale of milk."
Siprosa's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Siprosa enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is educating my son through secondary school despite the challenges I had to undergo to get school fee. He is now set to sit for his final grade exams at the end of the year."
Irine's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Irine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is sickness, when my child was sick and underwent an operation which was expensive and this farced my father to sell the only cow he had in order to pay that bill."
Florence's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Florence enrolled.
"Receiving this money means paying debts that i incured when i was buying a plot of land for my family within Kalapata Village. I also intend to use this money to buy a bicycle for my children to use for fetching water."
Rebecca's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Rebecca enrolled.
"Receiving this money means to buy land for farming. My family lacks enough land to be utilised for cropping and due to this we always expireince little crop yields that can sustain our home needs."
Simon's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Simon enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of money to buy food. This has made my household to go to bed most times without meals."
Stella's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Stella enrolled.
"My children are so sickly and footing the medical costs is on my hand since am a single parent. This is the biggest hardship i face. "
Jacob's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Jacob enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I've faced in life was in 2017 when I planted maize and beans in a 2 acres piece of land that I had used alot of money to rent and pay laborers to work on. But due to the severe drought which was experienced I only managed to harvest three tins of maize which was very low as compared to what I should have harvested."