GDLive Newsfeed
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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over 8 years ago
Margaret
enrolled.
"I have planned to expand my house so since the one am in is very small, I would also build a toilet and buy a few livestock to keep. I will also set up a small business"
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Lewnida
enrolled.
"I have planned to build a bigger house for my family,I will also want to go back to school."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Isaiah
enrolled.
"I am planning to buy fishing equipment like nets, some of the money I will use to pay dowry to my dead spouse's parents, because in our culture children are only your own after you pay dowry. The rest of the money will be used to buy household items like a mattress, chairs, a bed and also repair my house and install a steel door."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Benter
enrolled.
"I am planning to build a toilet as we currently have none, we also need to build an external kitchen. Some of the money will be used to buy some free range chicken which we will rear and sell their eggs and meat in various markets. The remainder of the transfers I will use to pay school fees for my children who are in primary school."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Rose
enrolled.
"I am planning to buy a chair, a big plastic container for storing water, some clothes for my children. The other transfers I will use to buy some livestock like cows, goats, sheep and chicken. These I will rear and sell their products, like milk and eggs."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Boaz
enrolled.
"I am planning to start a small business selling fast moving consumer goods and use the rest of the transfers to buy timber, nails, iron sheets to be used to build myself a house and to pay the construction workers."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Lilian
enrolled.
"We are planning to pay school fees for our child who is in university and the remainder of the transfers we will use to buy materials to be used to build ourselves another house."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Eunice
enrolled.
"I am planning to buy a piece of land to build rental houses which will increase my income."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Faith
enrolled.
"We are planning to spend the transfer on buying house furniture since we lost everything when our house burnt down,lastly we will use part of it to off set some loan we took when building our current house."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Syprosa
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on building a kitchen since I don't have one,buying house furniture and finally buying a cow for milk."
(Country: Kenya)
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