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.
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over 7 years ago
Christine
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have started a small retail business hence doubling my household's income and from the profits I can support my husband to pay school fees for my children and buy some of my family's expenditure since before the transfer I was just a housewife leaving my husband who is a casual worker to support the family and this was too much for him."
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over 7 years ago
Susan
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, l am a very sure that l will have a very nice spacious house compared to what l have now. "
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over 7 years ago
James
received a $402 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on constructing a bigger house for my family since my previous house was small with little space to accommodate the whole family."
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over 7 years ago
Agnes
received a $402 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on paying school fees and all school fees requirements for my children. This is because my husband recently abandoned my children and I and refused to give us any financial support."
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over 7 years ago
Hadijja
received a $402 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on renting land for growing sugarcane. I did this as an investment from which I will earn income in the future."
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over 7 years ago
Caroline
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, my children are now healthy because I can now afford to provide them with three meals a day like other homes in our community, something that could not happen in my house and this makes me very happy. Thank you GD for the transfer."
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over 7 years ago
Faith
received a $97 initial payment.
"I was so excited when I received the transfer because my sick child had just been admitted into the ward."
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over 7 years ago
Peter
received a $484 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I feel secure since I have a decent spacious three roomed house now and living in a life of dismay has seized that is staying in a small squeezed unstable one roomed house along the road with alot of worries when it rains with heavy winds as I used to feel insecure of my children safety hence I could rash home to protect them for the fear of the previous house collapsing on them. "
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over 7 years ago
Jackline
received a $97 initial payment.
"The moment when I received the money I felt very happy because it gave me hope of buying a few household items, I was very broke during that time"
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over 7 years ago
Loice
received a $97 initial payment.
"The moment when I received the transfer I felt very happy because it gave me hope of finally building a new latrine"
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