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.
Jackline's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Jackline enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of in life, was my ability as a single mother, to enrol my daughter to a better post-kindergarten school with the little income I got while working as a househelp. "
Silvia's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Silvia enrolled.
"My greatest achievement I am most proud of is my business which I started 2years ago,am able to improve my business and save little I get from my customers."
Joice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Joice enrolled.
"The achievement that i am most proud of is having been able to build my own semi permanent house that i am currently living in from the money that i had managed to save through selling of my farm produce."
Paul's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Paul enrolled.
"The achievement that i am most proud of was being able to build my own house that is spacious enough to accommodate my large family of eight comfortably and also being able to educate most of my children despite not having a very stable source of income."
Selin's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Selin enrolled.
"The achievement I'm proudest about is saving objectively to buy furniture. Before my household had no chairs, I was laughed at. My husband and I started a saving scheme that enabled us purchase chairs, I no longer sit on the floor. "
Monica's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Monica enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is an unreliable source of income which has made me struggle to meet my family's basic needs. Being a widow and a mother of six children has not been easy and sometimes it breaks my heart seeing my little children going without a meal for a day. "
Gladice's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Gladice enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest about was having cultivated my farm using fertilizer during the last planting season which enabled me to get high and quality harvest. I got four bags of maize and a half a sack of beans which was the best I have ever harvested from my farm. This has enabled me to have enough food since last year up-to now. I have never gone without food since then and I am also able to sell some of the maize to meet other basic needs."
Mary's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is that I was very sick and could not raise money to cater for my medication. I had to sell all my maize so as to pay part of the hospital bill."
Caroline's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Caroline enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is my inability to pay school fees for my son. He had to drop out of school in form three. This has made him not to realize his dream of becoming an accountant."
Benedeta's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Benedeta enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is losing my son who was the bread winner in this family. I am now struggling to make ends meet."