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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almost 7 years ago
Bernard
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is starting up a seedbed that I normally plant seedlings which people usually buy thus giving me a daily income."
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almost 7 years ago
Patrick
enrolled.
"Sometime back I got very sick and was bedridden for a period of one month. As a result I could not perform my daily duties and fend for my family which forced my spouse to toil so much to provide for the family basic needs such as food."
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almost 7 years ago
Roseline
enrolled.
"My greatest achievement I am most proud of is joining mondo tek women group in 2016. Through saving in the group,I was able to buy one goat,Television and chairs."
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almost 7 years ago
Kefa
enrolled.
"The achievement I am most proud of is acquiring my own piece of land for farming after a long land dispute, from (my land) which I plant maize and beans for family consumption."
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almost 7 years ago
Hillary
received a $22 initial payment.
"The new goal that I have is to start a hardware business of house construction materials. This is my specialty. My profession is masonry. I will be able to generate an income from the business and I will run it well because I understand the field quite well."
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almost 7 years ago
Roseline
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship am facing is feeding the family owing to the poor harvest and dry season that we are currently facing."
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almost 7 years ago
Salome
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is the ill mental health of my husband that leaves the whole responsibility of the family on my head."
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almost 7 years ago
William
received a $22 initial payment.
"My life is currently different from how it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I managed to reduced the fee balance which had piled while in high school ; it could not have been the case right now."
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almost 7 years ago
Lilian
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough food. In my village we don't have fertile soils so whenever we till the land we usually get to harvest very little. This often means that we have to really struggle to obtain food."
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almost 7 years ago
Rosemary
received a $470 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on 2 bulls to support land preparation
and hopefully increased food production at family level. I also bought a heifer that we hope will provide our milk in the near future and save us from buying all the time."
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