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.
Emily's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Emily received a $22 initial payment.
"In the next six months I expect to have clear the school fee for my child and start buying building materials for building a house. I am planning to build a house where we would spent with my children and allow our aging parents to stay peacefully at their own house."
Winny's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Winny received a $22 initial payment.
"My goals are still the same as those i had before i started receiving this transfer.I still want to farm potatoes and keep poultry."
Gilbert's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Gilbert received a $22 initial payment.
"The first thing am much sure that it would have changed is the number of egg production in my poultry farm, this is a project i have a great trust in and am sure it will really grow to a big thing before long."
Joseph's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Joseph received a $22 initial payment.
"The happiness I have currently is really a big difference since if I was not among the recipients,I would now be thinking hard of where to source money meant for the farm inputs but since i am in the program together with my wife , we now have an easy time in doing all the farming processes."
Paul's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Paul received a $22 initial payment.
"i expect my life to change as i will have a good income. In every month i receive transfer i will be expanding my poultry project so that i will have about fifty hens and get about Kshs 500 every day.This will make me live well and happily."
Irene's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Irene received a $22 initial payment.
"My life is currently better and I have a certain confidence even when strolling in my village. These is because I am debt free since I am able to buy foodstuffs and other basic commodities at home unlike before I was incurring more debts due to lack of funds."
Paul's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Paul received a $22 initial payment.
"Although am sure that all I have planned for will never be enough but will keep on planning more. The plan to construct a new house was not in my list of plans initially but at the moment i feel that it is a requirement and am already working on it and i your next visit to our home you be able to see the progress."
Joseph's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Joseph received a $22 initial payment.
"In the next six months my standard of living will have improved in that i now have an additional amount to spend.Because of this, expect to be happier since i will have reduced stressful situations. I will have improved my house too."
Helida's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Helida received a $473 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer to build a kitchen which i did not have before. We also constructed a boat to act as a source of income, for our household."
Peter's family
access_time almost 7 years ago
Peter received a $22 initial payment.
"My new goals, receiving these payment is to buy a bed as am currently sleeping on the floor with a carton. These will make my sleeping more comfortable."