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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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness I feel seeing that soon I will start to build my iron roofed house when the second transfer comes. This will relieve me from the issue of always having to renovate my grass thatched house.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I recieved my money, I felt very delighted because I would then use this money to build my house as it was my dream.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to buy some building materials such as four trips of bricks, twelve pieces of ironsheets, nails, twenty pieces of timber and metal that I plan to use and start building my permanet house.
I spent some money to treat my wife who had fallen ill at the time money was sent.
I then used the balance for feeding my family.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house that I can sleep in.
This does not leak as opposed to one that I have which is grass thatched.
Maintaining it is hard since grass is scarce these days.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am happiest in the evening when I am listening to radio programs.
I am able to learn new Ideas from other people.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of farm land.
I struggle as much as I can to hire a piece of land so as to be able to cultivate.
However, each time I fail to hire land means food shortage in my household because I will not have had the chance to do cultivation.
My standard of living is low because I don't have land.
