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.
Perez's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Perez received a $98 initial payment.
"I spent my token payment on buying building materials (iron sheets,nails and timber)." (Country: Kenya)
Bahati's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Bahati enrolled.
"I plan to repair my house, especially the walls which are so weak and almost falling off, I also plan to pay shool fees. The rest I use to buy livestock like cattle and sheep." (Country: Kenya)
Beatrice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"I plan furnish my house, buy a ploughing machine for farming and to repair my house by plastering the walls and floor. I also plan to pay school fees." (Country: Kenya)
Pauline's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Pauline enrolled.
"We plan to pay school fees, and to boost the small business we run and to build a kitchen" (Country: Kenya)
Monica's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Monica enrolled.
"We plan to expand our house, furnish it and to pay school fees." (Country: Kenya)
Pamela's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"I plan to repair my house, fixing windows, a steel door and plastering the walls and floor with cement, I also plan to build a toilet and the rest I will invest in business." (Country: Kenya)
Priska's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Priska enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on investing on my business of selling cereals so that it can expand and I will spend part of it to rent a farm so that I can increase my area under agriculture." (Country: Kenya)
Rose's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on building a house as I don't have my own house currently, I will use part of it to invest in my small business of selling clothes and the remainder I will save it for my grandchildren who are very young so that when they reach school-going-age I will pay for them school fees." (Country: Kenya)
Beatrice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on paying school fees for my children who are in primary school and one who passed exams to join secondary school. I will also build a toilet as I don't have one, I will buy a two cows one for milk and the other for ploughing my farm. I plan also to spend part of the transfer on buying a bed and beddings for my children and I." (Country: Kenya)
Irene's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Irene received a $98 initial payment.
"l spent the transfer on buying mattress, l aslo bought a bag of maize . l also paid school fee for the children" (Country: Kenya)