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.
Charles's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Charles received a $488 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer on plastering my kitchen, bought a bag of maize for the family consumption and a bull to help in farm work. I also constructed a kiosk that my wife would use to operate her business and spent most of the transfer on paying fees for my child who is in high school to settle well and acquire education."
Wiklife's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Wiklife received a $488 second payment.
"The biggest differences in my daily life is that I have started second hand clothes vending business which is making good profits profits .My children are also going to school and I feel so happy when I see then going to school every morning to quench their thirst for education to succeed in future. "
Dorcas's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Dorcas received a $488 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer on renting a parcel of land to plant groundnuts that I can take to school as fees for my children, bought a mattress to sleep in a comfortable place and decent clothes for my family members. I also bought a solar lantern to enable my children study comfortably at night and spent most of the transfer on paying fees for my two children who are in high school to settle well and acquire education."
Pamela's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Pamela received a $488 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer on purchasing food for the family consumption, paid fees for my child who is in high school to settle well and acquire education and used most of the transfer on purchasing iron sheets hoping to construct a decent spacious house since the current one is small."
Beatrice's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Beatrice received a $488 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to pay school fees for my daughter who is almost clearing her secondary education. I am happy that she is in school and attends all lessons and I am positive she will pass her exams and proceed to college. I also used part of the transfer to start a food kiosk business that enables me to get Income daily. "
Violet's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Violet received a $98 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on enrolling our child in Secondary school (9,000 KES) to support his quest for education."
Margaret's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Margaret received a $488 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am assured of my children's education because I wake up everyday knowing they will never be sent home for fee."
Jackline's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Jackline received a $488 second payment.
"I spent my transfer on building a bigger and better house and moving from the small squeezed and leaking shack that I was previously living in. I then paid school fee for my children who are in a private primary school because I want the best education for them. I then spent the rest on buying food for my family."
Eunice's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Eunice received a $487 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that am now less stressed and very hopeful of having a better house and my child is also going to smoothly clear his high school education."
Nancy's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Nancy received a $97 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on paying fees for my child to acquire education, bought cement hoping to plaster my house and used most of the transfer on purchasing a mattress to sleep in a comfortable place."
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