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 difference in my daily life is sleeping better on a mattress and soon under a iron sheet roofed house. In addition, my dressing has improved and feeding is better since we have two meals a day, unlike before.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
That moment I received my money, I felt so happy after reading the message because it's first time such an amount of money comes to me.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
My first transfer was spent to buy building materials such as bricks, iron sheets, cement, sand to build a house. I bought household items like mattress, bed, bedsheets, clothes, and the balance will be used to buy a cow from a more cheaper point since the market prices are inflated at the moment.
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access_time over 5 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means I will be able to buy a piece of land in which I can build my home and settle with my family.
Where I am currently is so squeezed being that we share the only small portion that belongs to the parents.
We are many and what is available is not enough.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am happiest in the noon time when I am seated with other members of the family especially after I have had lunch.
We encourage ourselves.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of farm land.
My father has only a small piece of land which he has to share among the many children that he has.
This land is never enough to sustain life.
I can not farm as expected.
As I speak now, I don't have food in the house because there is no where for me to cultivate.
