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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The money will meant buying iron sheets for my house. I have never slept in a n ironed roofed house before, and it has always been my desire/dream of which I was beginning to lose hope.
I depend much on selling grass that people uses to roof their house's. Due to my old age, I mostly send my girls to so on my behalf of which at times they miss school and they put their life in danger. On monthly basis I made about K3000 ($2.78). The money is then used to buy food and other basic needs such as clothes, kitchen utensils etc.
I have a piece of land which is about 4acres. I do manage to clear the land but due to fertilizer I most of the times harvest 5 to 10 bags weighing 50kgs each. I have never benefited from government fertilizer subsidy program before and I believe the land has the capacity to produce almost 50 to 70 bags of maize. On average we use almost 10bags of maize weighing 50kgs per year.
Thanks for the chance of being enrolled into the program, if I receive the cash gift, I will buy iron sheets. On yearly basis it is a requirement for each house with a grass roof to replace it with new grass to avoid leaking during rain season. This is tiresome and sometimes it's hectic. It's easy if the grass is plenty but it became a a problem if bush fire cames before we cut the grass. Due to that I want to buy iron sheets for my family to rest on cutting grasses.
Further to that, I want to use part of the money to buy fertilizer, food and beddings. People say Mangochi district is very hot to be using a blankets but it is my wish to have one. I have never owned a blanket before and I have never slept on a mattress. The cash transfer will fulfill my dreams of sleeping on a beautiful place.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening because is the time I got to relax with my family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is the sickness. I was sick and hospitalised for almost two months in 2020. The disease has affected my ability to work as hard as I was before diseases. Currently I have not been able to work in my garden and I much depends on my wife for all works. My wife is old, and with her age she can not manage to work on a 4 acres piece of land alone. This has affected our yearly production .
