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.
Maurice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Maurice enrolled.
""As a small scale farmer with poultry keeping skills, i have trained the upcoming local farmers on the same up to a level at which they can now supply the local hotels with chickens and get income on their own. I am proud of that because the community is now empowered economically". "
Makrine's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Makrine enrolled.
""The achievement that i am proud of is able to pay fees for technical course a lone without family intervention. I did not make it to secondary school after the death of my father, so after class eight, i planted maize for two seasons, sold out the farm output and the money i used to pay fees for my technical training in salon. Now i am a specialist in salon.""
Purity's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Purity enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is famine. I invested resources in farming but ended up getting low yield due to army worm invasion on the farm. My family had to go hungry for some days. It was hard to source for alternative forms of livelihoods for the family. Life was tough indeed."
Agnes's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Agnes received a $22 initial payment.
"I now have a new dream of owning a cow in the near future.That cow will cut costs in my family since i will not be buying milk."
George's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
George enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is my inability to pay school fee for my son in Secondary school because of my low income. Most times he has been sent home due to unpaid school fee."
Julia's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Julia enrolled.
"My greatest achievement that I am most proud of,was many years ago when I was doing poultry farming,it helped me educate my children and see them through the form four level."
Maurice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Maurice enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is having constructed a brick walled house using money that I saved from my motorcycle taxi business. Initially I had a grass thatched house that use to leak during rainy seasons."
Samson's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Samson enrolled.
"The greatest achievement am most proud of is way back in the year 2013, When I was in Kakamega Approved School, training on bakery management,I was able to pass my exams."
James's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
James enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is having to miss some meals due lack of food. The low income I have does not enable me access all meals ."
Austine's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Austine enrolled.
"The hardest time in my life was back in december of 2016 ,I had just lost my 4months old child through death."