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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8 years ago
Vincent
received a $491 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my children are able to have 3 meals in a day because I have maize and have to look for only food."
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8 years ago
Risper
received a $491 second payment.
"My daily life is that am soon going to build a bigger house and I will not be smearing my house with cowdung every now and then because am also planning to plaster it."
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8 years ago
Nelson
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy my own motorbike to use as a taxi. I have been using someone's motorbike which reduces my income because i am en entilled to pay him some money at the end of everyday."
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8 years ago
Benter
received a $491 second payment.
"My daily life is different in that I have bought all the building materials and just waiting for last transfer to put up my house, my children can also dress like other children in the village not like before when they use to put on tattered clothes, i aslo dont have have to worry about money for kerosene but to switch on my solar for light and this makes me very happy."
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8 years ago
Wellingtone
received a $491 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a nice spacious house which is strong fixed with a steel door and now I don't worry about the property inside and the house in general, because the other one was very old and could collapse anytime."
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8 years ago
Evaline
received a $491 second payment.
"The biggest difference I have is that I am not worried about my daughter being able to successfully join secondary school since I have the money that I will use to pay for her school fees and other expenses."
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8 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship currently is on making ends meet, we've had a persistent drought which has made it very difficult to get good harvest to help sustain our families here in the village."
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8 years ago
Ruth
enrolled.
"My biggest challenge is that, I have two children who will be joining college next year but l don't have enough money to pay for their college fees. Our income is low."
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8 years ago
Lilian
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is paying school fees for my orphaned niece who is in secondary school.This term she missed some school days because we had not cleared her fees."
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8 years ago
Joseph
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is lack of income,I don't have farming equipments that I can use to make my land productive. It has made life so difficult because we have to buy everything thing but if we had cultivated our land we would just be picking food from there."
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