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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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over 7 years ago
Kennedy
received a $466 third payment.
"I was planning to build my home before I received my transfers so, I added my second and third transfers and bought building materials that I used to build a new house in my compound. I now have my own home."
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over 7 years ago
Catherine
received a $455 third payment.
"Having been a window taking care of my children alone has been a struggle mainly when my two children joined their high school education .Now I am happy seeing them go to school with ease since I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for them as before the transfer they were almost being school drop-out due to a lump-sum school fees arrears they had .I bought a bag of maize for my family consumption.I also paid deposit for a solar lamp and now my children are able to study comfortable at night without any worries of the paraffin getting exhausted from the traditional lantern."
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over 7 years ago
Pamela
received a $463 third payment.
"I started poultry farming and bought livestock that is goats, sheep and a cow. When the GD team came visiting they found nothing even a small stool I dint have for them to sit so I used my transfer to buy small things for the house like seats, mattress, beds, and utensils."
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over 7 years ago
Dorsila
received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on food and my daughter's medical bills then bought a cow and 2 steel doors.I also send the remaining transfer to my parents for their upkeep."
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over 7 years ago
Simon
received a $484 third payment.
"I spent part the whole of my third transfer on leasing a two acre piece of land where I have grown rice. I know after three to four months I will be harvesting and my income will have increased. I decided to invest in rice farming as this has always been my area of interest."
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over 7 years ago
Maureen
received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying a fishing boat as well as nets (47,900 KES) that my husband uses to improve our income and improve our sustenance as a family."
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over 7 years ago
Pauline
received a $466 third payment.
"I used my last transfer to buy two bulls to help me in ploughing during farming season, then the rest of the money we took and bought a second hand motorcycle to help in daily income."
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over 7 years ago
Eunice
received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on primary school fee (6,000 KES) for my 3 children. I added stock to my fish and fruit business (20,000 KES) to strengthen it for improved profit margin.Finally , I bought a bag of dry corn(5,500 KES) for my family consumption."
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over 7 years ago
Yolam
received a $477 initial payment.
"The difference in my life now is that,I have been worrying a lot about how I will get money to build an iron roofed house because the house I am living in is grass thatched and it even leaks , all my worries are gone now because I have already started building an iron roofed house and there is now a future that I will sleep in a comfortable house.All my family members are now dressed in descent clothing unlike before when we were all lacking clothes. Am happy because I had never handled this amount of money in my life before but now am so proud to have got it."
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over 7 years ago
Salamah
received a $477 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that, i now sleep in a comfortable bed, unlike before when I did not have a bed and when it rained my bed would get soaked with water and I would not sleep the whole night. I have been able to pay my children's school fees early and also pay for their school requirements in time without any stress of hustling to look for money, previously my children would lack books,pens, uniform and school fees,I had a lot of stress because it was difficult to get this money,I am now stress free and happy."
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