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.
Sam's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Sam received a $477 initial payment.
"The moment I recieved my money I was overwhelmed with happiness and I gave God glory."
Charles's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Charles received a $477 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life now is that my family is now feeding well,we dont miss meals,atleast we can afford to buy Posho and beans and even change diet, once in a while we eat meat,unlike before we used to skip meals and eat once a day,it was very difficult to change diet, my family was only eating cassava bread and greens everday. I now own two gardens where I do farming, before receiving this money I used to hire a garden to do farming and this was not producing enough food for the family. My family generally is happy,because now basic needs are met unlike before even clothing was so poor and feeding was poor. "
Mary's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Mary received a $466 third payment.
"Sugarcane being our main cash crop together with my husband we decided to invest more on farming with our third transfer."
Alice's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Alice received a $484 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on renovating and plastering my old house since soil here is poor and my mud house kept on cracking which gave me a hard time(20,000 KES) .I also bought an ox (18,000 KES)"
Rosemary's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Rosemary received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on food and 3 goats, I also start a fishing business for my daily upkeep and paid school fees for my children with remaining cash."
Dolrosa's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Dolrosa received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on applying rough caste to my house ( 21,000 KES) since the soil is porous and the walls kept on collapsing as it was just mud so I decided to make it stronger. I also paid primary school fee and a set of school uniform for my 6 children (12,400 KES) and a bag of dry corn for my family (8,500 KES)"
Carrey's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Carrey received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on building a 3 room house(70,500 KES) since I lived in a rental house at the Market with my family, where I paid a monthly rent of 2,000 KES and it was such a waste yet I had no finances to put up a house . Thank you very much."
Hellen's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Hellen received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my last transfer on sofa set (30,000 KES) because I always wanted good seats but had no means until I received , Secondary school fee for my two children (10,000 KES) since I needed to clear their fee balance . I also paid exam fee for my younger children (1,500 KES)."
Damaris's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Damaris received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on seats (14,000 KES) and solar for lighting (10,500 KES) for lighting and watching television,and materials for plastering our house since whenever it rains our mud walled house gets affected and so we needed to do something about it but did not have funds, of which the work is still on-going(22,000 KES)"
Rael's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Rael received a $464 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on enlarging my house by 2 more rooms (23,000 KES) since it used to be too small and I always wanted it big.I also build a poultry house and buying few chicks that I can keep (24,000 KES) to earn an income."