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. Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
Fredrick's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Fredrick enrolled.
"I am planning to use my transfer on fish vending business. I am a motorcycle rider and I have learned that fish vendors are financially stable and I'd like to be like them." (Country: Kenya)
Lucy's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Lucy enrolled.
"I am planning to build a bigger house that can host my in-laws because I have daughters who are already married and my house is very small." (Country: Kenya)
Romanus's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Romanus enrolled.
"I am planning to use my transfer on my children's education, buy farm equipments so as to do large scale farming that can earn me more money and use a little of the funds on food." (Country: Kenya)
Wilkister's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Wilkister enrolled.
"We are planning to use our transfer on our children's education because we lack sufficient funds to do so. We also want to purchase a water tank so we can harvest rain water because w live very far from the water source." (Country: Kenya)
Pamela's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"We are planning to expand our house because it's small and buy household furniture so that we are not humiliated when we have visitors." (Country: Kenya)
Rebecca's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rebecca enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying a small piece of land that I can use to build my own house, I will use part of the transfer to pay fee balance for my eldest son who sat for his secondary school exams in 2003 but I have not cleared his fee so he did not get his certificate and that makes him not to get a job and the remaining amount I will spend on taking my grandson to hospital as he has a certain growth on his body and it needs an operation which requires cash." (Country: Kenya)
Simion's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Simion enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on paying school fees for my three children who are in secondary school and I will also use some part to buy a water tank of 5000 litres so that I can use it to harvest water as our area is usually has water shortage problem." (Country: Kenya)
Kennedy's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Kennedy enrolled.
"I plan to pay school fees, build a new home and to invest in business." (Country: Kenya)
Roselyne's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Roselyne enrolled.
"I plan to build a new home and to invest in business." (Country: Kenya)
Agneta's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Agneta enrolled.
"I plan to build a new home. I still live within my parents in law's compound. I ought to have moved out by now." (Country: Kenya)