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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When I received my first lumpsum transfer, I extended my main house from 18-22 iron sheets with 33225 KES,I paid 2000 KES school fees for my daughter, I spent 5000 KES on a bed, 5500 KES on a mattress and the remaining 4000 KES on food.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
GD has increased my value and worth in our community and I am now living respected; meetings can now be organized in my presence since I am now considered a person of wisdom since my environment has changed in courtesy of GD; I am now living in clean and splendid houses, the biggest difference in my daily life.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 8 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent the whole of my token payment on a sofa set.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
I am planning to clear school fees for my children, buy some bedding and give one of my son in a college using some parts of this my upcoming lumpsum payment.
Enrolled
access_time over 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on buying a water tank of 60,000 litres that can be used for water harvesting, I will buy furniture for my house including chairs and a bed. I will spend part of the transfer on paying school fees for my children who are going to school and I will buy them also some clothes. The remaining amount I will spend on buying food that we eat and some of it we will use it in boosting my son's business of selling chicken.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement that I am proudest of is that I have been able to take my son to school till he finished high school using cash that I got from my small business of selling groceries.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that my son is supposed to join college but we don't have cash to pay for him fees and also have a child who only goes to school when we have cash but currently I am not able to pay for her the school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when I go to the market in the morning on Wednesday, Thursday and Sundays which are market days and I manage to get money that we can spend at home.
