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.
Mary's family
access_time 7 years ago
Mary received a $482 third payment.
"I used my third transfer to pay school fees for my children and start a business of selling second-hand clothes for my daily income, I also plaster my house with the remaining transfer.As a parent,I am to see my children going to school."
Winnie's family
access_time 7 years ago
Winnie received a $462 third payment.
"I had constructed a house using my second transfer so when I received my third transfer, I completed it given that I did not complete it then. I also bought furniture as the ones I had, had worn out and was not in very good conditions. The remaining I spent on food for my family consumes."
Carroline's family
access_time 7 years ago
Carroline received a $462 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying a cupboard 10,000 KES . I started a cattle rearing business by buying two dairy -cows with the intention of getting milk and selling the milk to the dairies hence getting monthly income to support my family's needs .I also paid schools fees for my two children who are in high school and bought household expenditures too."
Eunice's family
access_time 7 years ago
Eunice received a $462 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building a 3 room house for 47,900 KES, since our previous house was bad and very small and we had been planning for over two years yet we did not have sufficient income of our own, until GD gave us the grants"
Yunice's family
access_time 7 years ago
Yunice received a $465 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying building materials that I used to build a new house for my children, before they used to sleep in my neighbors which I felt was not secure. I also bought them bedding them and furniture. The house in now complete."
Benter's family
access_time 7 years ago
Benter received a $462 third payment.
"i used my last transfer to buy cement and sand to help me plaster the floor of my house, jiggers had infested my whole house and so by plastering the floor I somehow got rid or prevented the infestation of jiggers , I also bought a mattress the one I had before was worn out, and the rest of the money I used to buy a diary cow, right now it has given birth and is giving us with milk."
Colleta's family
access_time 7 years ago
Colleta received a $482 third payment.
"I had an old thatched roof house which was almost falling down so when I received my third transfer I build a new house, am happy since we are no longer rained on."
Hellen's family
access_time 7 years ago
Hellen received a $462 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on enlarging my once small house for 25,000 KES since I never had enough space and my visitors had to sit outside the house before I enlarged.I also bought a solar panel with Television for 10,000 KES deposit. The solar light has particularly saved me from paraffin expenses which was burdensome since our son is a Fourth Form candidate and had to be finishing his school work every night using kerosene."
Quinter's family
access_time 7 years ago
Quinter received a $462 third payment.
"I used my last transfer to build a house and move from my fathers in law's compound to our own homestead to help us build we bought iron sheets, nails timber paid the builders and catered for their food so most of the amount went to building and buying small household things."
Susan's family
access_time 7 years ago
Susan received a $462 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on house finishing for 35,000 KES including plastering the floor and fixing windows, which we had stayed without for about 2 years due to Secondary school fee burden, and In fact I used to cover the window holes with pieces of carton. Before GD grants we often got sick as a result of mosquito bites.This is why completion of the house was an urgent matter. I also paid Secondary school fee for our child for 10,000 KES, , bought a bag of dry corn for family consumption for 3,000 KES since corn harvest during the previous season and we did not have enough to eat."