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.
Vincent's family
access_time 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."
Risper's family
access_time 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."
Nelson's family
access_time 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."
Benter's family
access_time 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."
Wellingtone's family
access_time 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."
Evaline's family
access_time 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."
Mary's family
access_time 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."
Ruth's family
access_time 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."
Lilian's family
access_time 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."
Joseph's family
access_time 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."