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.
Mary's family
access_time 8 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I'm facing in my life is on paying school fees for my children in secondary school, I have no proper source of income to help meet all these needs. "
Benard's family
access_time 8 years ago
Benard enrolled.
"I'm natural comedian and few years back I was engaged in some local radio station to entertain the listeners, that to me was a good achievement even though the radio collapsed due to poor management. "
Everline's family
access_time 8 years ago
Everline enrolled.
"The achievement I'm proudest of is owning our current house, few years back we lived in a very small house covered by polythene paper. "
David's family
access_time 8 years ago
David enrolled.
"The biggest hardship in my life is on making ends meet and paying school fees for my children,this is because the casual jobs I depend on are no longer readily available making life very difficult. "
Damaris's family
access_time 8 years ago
Damaris enrolled.
"The biggest hardship in our lives currently is on paying school fees for our child in form one who should be joining form two come next year."
Lawrence's family
access_time 8 years ago
Lawrence enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I'm facing is on making ends meet, we're experiencing drought currently which has made it very difficult to plant."
Morine's family
access_time 8 years ago
Morine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship facing us currently is on paying school fees and on making ends meet. My husband is bus conductor with little pay to sustain the family."
Enock's family
access_time 8 years ago
Enock received a $474 third payment.
"I spent my third cash trasfer to buy a cooking gas worth 5500KES,music system 5000KES,battery 4000KES,renovation of the house 6000KES,kept 10000KES as savings,a sack of maize 2900KES,blanket 1000KES and used the rest of the money for shopping and food."
Calleb's family
access_time 8 years ago
Calleb received a $474 third payment.
"When I received my third transfer, I spent 20000 KES on an oxen, 16000 KES on 4 goats, 6000 KES on 2 sheep and I paid secondary school fees for my son in form 4 with the remaining 6200 KES."
Emmaculate's family
access_time 8 years ago
Emmaculate enrolled.
"My proudest achivement is that we managed to build our own house .I was initially staying in Ahero town where we were spending alot of money in paying rent.l can now use the money in paying school fees for my daughter in nursery school."