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 that, I live each day full of happiness. This is because I paid my children's fees without a lot of struggle as it used to be in the past. Being a single parent, it was very difficult for me to raise money for meeting my family needs especially school fees.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
My heart was overwhelmed with joy when I saw the message of the money. For I knew this transfer would enable me to settle a lot of family needs.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I have used my first transfer to pay my child's tuition and buy beddings, clothes and food. I plan to use the balance for paying next term's fees for my children.
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access_time over 4 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means building an extra permanent house that will seperate my dwelling place and their dwelling place. When I build another house, my children will sleep in a better spacious house and mine too will become specoous. Currently, I share a house with y children which deprives me my privacy and causes lack of esteem.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest part of the day is at around 1:00PM. This is because my children will have eaten and they will be energetic enough to help me run some business for brewing alcohol which I do on a small scale at home. That makes me happy because my children will have put a smile on their faces.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship is lack of enough farm land in order to cultivate food crops that my household will survive on. I do some business which enables me to pay school fees for the children and hire some land to cultivate but is is not able to sustain both. Where I live in now is a plot I bought after separating with my spouse ten years ago leaving me with five children that I am struggling with to educate.
