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.
Kennedy's family
access_time 8 years ago
Kennedy received a $465 third payment.
"My life is different because, I was jobless before but currently I'm running a big store of selling charcoal to local people and through it have managed to get enough income to support the need of my family."
Aggrey's family
access_time 8 years ago
Aggrey received a $465 third payment.
"My life different if l could not have received transfer is that, my child could have dropped out of school."
Andrew's family
access_time 8 years ago
Andrew received a $465 third payment.
"My life is different because I bought more stock for my retail kiosk, and from which profit I have managed to meet the needs of my family more easily (including food and children’s education). I also managed to construct a kitchen much sooner than I would have done had it not been for the transfers. Thank you."
Leah's family
access_time 8 years ago
Leah received a $482 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on purchasing a bag of maize for the family consumption, paid fees for my children to settle well in school and spent the larger percentage of the amount on purchasing a second hand motorcycle that my husband uses to ferry people around to earn a living."
Bruno's family
access_time 8 years ago
Bruno received a $465 third payment.
"In my opinion, I like that the money is sent through the phone which is safer than giving it as hard cash. I do not think the organization needs to improve on anything because the way their operations are executed is just perfect. "
Rasto's family
access_time 8 years ago
Rasto received a $465 third payment.
"I spent much of the transfer on buying cattle for keeping and cultivated rice for cash crop."
Evance's family
access_time 8 years ago
Evance received a $465 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on purchasing two bags of maize for the family consumption, bought sheep that I would sell the offsprings to take care of emergencies that might arise and decent clothes and shoes for the family members. I also paid workers to cultivate my parcel of land and spent most of the transfer on purchasing a bull that would help in farm work."
Stephen's family
access_time 8 years ago
Stephen received a $483 third payment.
"My life is different because i now have a piece of land to settle on."
Josephine's family
access_time 8 years ago
Josephine received a $465 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on purchasing food for the family consumption, invested part of it on my ongoing shop business and spent most of the amount on paying fees for my bright child who has joined a good high school. "
Millicent's family
access_time 8 years ago
Millicent received a $483 third payment.
"In my opinion, GD’s enrolment process was perfect and quite thorough and so the right people were enrolled, with wonderful results for GD and beneficiary fraternity. However, GD Community Entry process was weak in that a lot of people do not attend Barazas and as such there was need to do additional awareness creation through all Women groups,Youth Groups, Churches and even in Funerals, which would have minimized non-participation rate."