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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.

over 8 years ago

Falida enrolled.

"I did have a free range poultry system that i could sales from the eggs and chiken to pay school fees for my children and buy basic necessities like soap and salt for my family."

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over 8 years ago

Amina enrolled.

"I do rear goats when they multiply and i sell them to pay school fees for my children and i also spend some on medication incase one of us gets ill."

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over 8 years ago

Mirabu enrolled.

"I did have goats that multiplied and i sold some of them to pay school feed for my grandchildren who are still in primary level."

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over 8 years ago

Esther enrolled.

"I do have a piggery project that when they multiply i sell them to increase on my household income and also pay school fees for my children ."

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over 8 years ago

Kasifa enrolled.

"I did have goats that i used to rear and the money from the sales, i had to pay school fees for my children and also buy basic necessities for the family to use at home."

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over 8 years ago

Hellen enrolled.

"I do have a piggery project,whereby when they multiply i sell them to increase on my household income and pay school fees for my children"

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over 8 years ago

Harriet enrolled.

"I have no achievement "

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over 8 years ago

Emmanuel enrolled.

"The achievement I am proudest of is the ability to buy the plot of land where I am settled and where I constructed my house. "

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over 8 years ago

Zabiina enrolled.

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is the fact that my husband left and ran away from me. He left me with children. "

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over 8 years ago

"The achievement I am proudest of is the ability to cultivate and buy a plot of land where I constructed my house. "

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