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.
Everline's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Everline enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is lack of enough food to feed my family and this is as a result of some drought we experienced last year."
Peter's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Peter received a $404 third payment.
"I spent my part of my third transfer on food worth 400000. I used my third transfer to buy food because I was lacking what to eat at home. The rest of my third transfer was stolen."
David's family
access_time over 7 years ago
David received a $404 third payment.
"The transfer has helped me to have my own house from my brother's kitchen and my children are in schools because I ma able to pay their school fees. Therefore, my life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer. "
Sylyvier's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Sylyvier enrolled.
"I am a widow and I often envy my fellow women who have spouses as they do not have problems repairing their houses, but now, because I will be able to hire a worker to repair my dilapidated house, I feel happy and contented. "
Jane's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is how to ensure that my kids are throughout in school without being sent home for school fees.I lack money to facilitate the same and to buy them enough food too."
Patricia's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Patricia enrolled.
"Receiving this money to me means that God cares for his people and I'm lucky to be one of them.I feel happy because I'm smelling a bright future with the money at hand."
Pamela's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"The biggest hardship in my life is paying school fees for my two children in high school. "
Rose's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Rose received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I currently have a cow and chicken in my home, unlike before when I had nothing and I was looked down upon by my peers because it was a sign of poverty."
Dorothy's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Dorothy received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I nolonger get ridiculed by my peers in the village for lack of cows, as ownership of cows draws with it a lot of respect."
Tomas's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Tomas received a $483 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a comfortable mattress on which I sleep unlike before when I was using a very thin old mattress that made me feel so uncomfortable sleeping on."