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 over 7 years ago
Mary received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the improved living standard that I have experienced with the snack business that I began. I am very healthy that whoever saw me before the transfers can not believe it's the me today."
Ruth's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Ruth received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the relief I have found in paying school fee for my daughters who have always been out of school in search of school fee."
Maurine's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Maurine received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the joy I have found with the construction project that I have began and I believe I will soon move into a nice iron roofed house and vacate the leaking grass thatched one that I previously occupied."
Stephen's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Stephen received a $481 second payment.
"My life has improved because we now have a reliable source of income thus we can easily meet our needs."
Margaret's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Margaret received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness I have found in the rental house that I have built that I believe will generate me some income at the end of every month."
Emily's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Emily received a $96 initial payment.
"The moment I received my first transfer, I felt very happy since I was certain of my plans coming to a reality which I couldn't achieve before due to lack of money and being the last person to get the money from my village, it felt like I was amongst the luckiest forgotten sheep."
Rebecca's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Rebecca received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is having a spacious house that can fit my family well. I also have room for visitors unlike before that more than two people couldn't fit my house."
Martha's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Martha received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the is the maximization of profit and minimization of production cost which has greatly uplifted my living standards to a level I never expected in life."
Stephen's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Stephen received a $241 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have higher hopes of building my house since I have already acquired iron sheets for it."
Eunice's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Eunice received a $481 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I live better now-sleeping and waking up in a better house-it is warmer and more comfortable than the leaky grass-thatched house I had before then. Life in a leaky house is just unbearable, you don't sleep enough and you fall sick more frequently."