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.
Magaret's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Magaret enrolled.
"I plan to spend my transfers on starting a business that will help me have a stable income source to pay secondary education fees for my children who are currently in upper primary classes six and eight. "
Mary's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I became number one in my class 8 exams at Nyabeda primary and joined Sega girls where I also performed well in my exams. This made me proud as I managed to get some sponsors who paid for my education due to the fact that I was the only girl who performed well."
Irine's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Irine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship have faced in life is the death of my elder brother who was paying my school fees,I had to drop from school and find a way to continue with my education."
Mark's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mark enrolled.
"My proudest achievemement is paying school fees for my two daughters, Dorothy and Linet who have successfully completed their secondary education in 2012 and 2014 respectively.This makes me proud and motivates me to work even hard to further their education."
Richard's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Richard enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is the fact my maize plantion was infested by unknown disease and thus reduced on its yield. We depend on maize to sustain our family and since it was infested by unknown disease eight years ago, I have been unable to meet most of my family's needs such as education."
Mary's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is when my two children joined high school after better performance. I never imagined I could afford them better education but with good harvest from farm produce, I am able pay them school fees in time."
Romanus's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Romanus enrolled.
"The proudest achievement in my life is the ability to offer quality education to my children since I do a lot of farming which in return gives me better produce for sustainability."
David's family
access_time over 6 years ago
David received a $453 second payment.
"I have now enough land to cultivate since I was able to recover the land I had mortgaged, food production will not be a challenge now and my children have acquired all the basic needs for education."
Mary's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing is my inability to cater for my family's basic needs such as food, education and clothing because of my low and unreliable income."
Sofia's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Sofia enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is struggling to pay school fees for my children.At one time my son who has now completed secondary education stayed at home for long due to lack of school fees.It called for the intervention of one of our clansmen who decided to talk to the school principal for my son to continue with his studies in a nearby day school as I looked for school fees."
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