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.
Monica's family
access_time 8 years ago
Monica enrolled.
"I have managed to feed my family members so well without begging from the neighbors ever since my husband passed away, I'm proud to see them grow healthy."
Millicent's family
access_time 8 years ago
Millicent enrolled.
"Our biggest hardship is paying school fees for our children in school.One of our children is in form three in a boarding school. Our income is not enough to pay for his school fees. We struggle to make sure that he is not sent home because of fees balances. "
Lilian's family
access_time 8 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"Being able to own a sheep is my proudest achievement. I bought it out of my savings from casual work. I intend to buy more to increase my flock and sell them later to buy a cow."
Alice's family
access_time 8 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"Being able to get good returns from sugarcane farming was my proudest achievement since from that,I was able to buy one dairy cow that I'm still raising as we speak."
Maurice's family
access_time 8 years ago
Maurice enrolled.
"Being a casual labourer, I sometimes find it hard to secure any jobs as they are no longer readily available.This makes it very difficult to sustain my family."
Francis's family
access_time 8 years ago
Francis enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is on making ends meet on a daily basis, my father is very old and I have no other sources of income to sustain the both of us yet I'm the only bread winner. "
Lilian's family
access_time 8 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"Owning our current house which is spacious compared to one we had in the past is our proudest achievement."
Joseph's family
access_time 8 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"I lack proper farm equipment like ploughing machine and even bulls to help in ploughing my farm, this has made it difficult for me to get better yields. "
Livingston's family
access_time 8 years ago
Livingston enrolled.
"The biggest hardship was when thieves stole my spraying gun machine which was a major source of income to me.Since then life has never been the same as now I'm forced to paint using my hands which is very much time consuming and less productive. "
Nancy's family
access_time 8 years ago
Nancy enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is paying school fees for my children in secondary school.One is in form three and the other in form two.Our income is not enough to support paying for their school fees. "