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.
Roseline's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Roseline received a $484 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on completion of my stone house which had stalled when my husband lost his job years back, though it is s yet to be finished (47,000 KES)"
Pheny's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Pheny received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on expanding my house and cementing it as well ,now I have got the comfort I have been yearning for since before the transfer I was staying in a small squeezed house which my husband let as in it that could perplex my neighbors' how we were living in it .I also paid school fees for my child who is in high school ."
Christine's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i faced in life is married. My first spouse allegedly branded me as a thelf, I left the marriage miserable with abad pulic picture. This made me get serious ulers which are affecting me now."
Freda's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Freda received a $466 third payment.
"I paid fees for my children who are in high school, then my husband and I had started building a rental houses before he died so I used the last transfer to finish up the building and i also plastered the walls of the house with the remaining cash"
Nancy's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Nancy received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on working on a housing Project which had stalled, though not complete yet, it has progressed well with part of my third transfer amounting to 37,000 KES. I spent the balance of 10,000 KES on treatment and food for a sick relative."
Rennis's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Rennis received a $466 third payment.
"Most of my third transfer was spent on paying my dowry. I thought of doing so as soon as I got it as I thought that maybe I could miss use it. The remaining I spent on corn for my family consumes."
Michael's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Michael enrolled.
"Onces i receive this money, my first periority is to build a permanent house. The currrent grassthatched roof house I sleep needs replacing thatch after every two years which is costly and I don't have aserios source of money to cater for it's maintenance. "
Rose's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"The biggest harship i face in life is recurring lower abdominal pain surfered as aresult of appendixities operation. This limits my rate of work and is causing low farm production every season, my family there fore has little or no food to eat."
Milka's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Milka received a $466 third payment.
"I used most of the last transfer to pay school fees for my son who is in college doing a teaching course."
Margaret's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Margaret received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on plastering my house for 47,000 KES since it used to stress me due to the amount of dust , which necessitated smearing often and my age could not allow that.I thank you very much"