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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Receiving this transfer means that my family will have decent housing, food secure and going back to farming as a long term investment. I intend to use $50 to sort out our immediate food insecurity issue, $450 to construct an all sided iron roof structure and the rest to invest in irrigation farming on the already reclaimed land. With cash, I will have all the necessary factors of production without going into debts. The long term effect is for my family to be food secure and at the same time have a reliable source of income.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I have been owning an arable piece of land that had been heavily infested with the poisonous prosobis shrub. I did not have the man power or means to uproot them and convert my land into a useful one. Luckily an outsider came and requested me to lease the land to him for a season. As we speak, I am happy to say that my land is now under cultivation as I wait for the subsequent season to plant. Thanks to this person, my farm has now been reclaimed.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I have three school going children i.e. one in primary and two in secondary levels. I am required to pay a total of $400 per annum as school fees. I am a casual labourer earning a daily wage of $4 which is insufficient to cater for all the basic needs of my household. Additionally, the unreliability of the casual tasks makes matters worse as on many occasions, I can find work twice in a week. As for the other days, I have to settle on burning charcoal to supplement on my family's needs. When catering for school fees becomes an uphill task, I am forced to depend on fundraising from friends and relatives.
