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
Lucy
enrolled.
"We plan to build a new new house. We live in a leaking dilapidated grass thatched house. We also plan to expand on farming like renting a plot of land for a planting season, that means more produce."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"I am planning to buy oxen for ploughing my farm, repair my house and lastly pay school fees for my children."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Miriam
enrolled.
"I plan to spend the transfer on buying furniture and a mattress. I also plan to buy oxen plough. I will use it for ploughing and also hire it to other villagers at a fee."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Rose
enrolled.
"I plan to use this transfer to build a bigger house to accommodate all the family members. I also plan to use the transfer to pay school fees for my child in high school."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Esther
enrolled.
"I am planning to buy household furniture such as chairs, pay school fee for my two children and build a bigger house that can comfortably accommodate my family and visitors."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Benadeta
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on renovating my house by plastering my floor using cement and I will use part of it to hire a plough so that my farm can be prepared for planting crops."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Millicent
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying a piece of land as we have a small land, I also plan to spend part of the transfer to take my child to hospital as he is sickling and we will spend the remaining amount in starting a small business of selling second hand clothes."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Beatrice
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on increasing the number of rooms in my house because currently it is small, I will also have the floor cemented using the transfer and to use part of the transfer in buying two bulls and a ploughing machine for my farming activity. I will pay school fees for my child who is joining class eight this year and use the remaining amount to buy land somewhere else."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Joshua
enrolled.
"I am planning to build a new house because my current house is a small grass thatched roofed house which is licks during rainy season and is too small for my family. I am planning to use the remaining on food and school fee."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Peter
enrolled.
"I am planning to use the transfer to improve on my farming activities and build a new house. My current house is too small and is about to collapse."
(Country: Kenya)
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