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.
Beatrice's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"My husband died long time ago and left me in a grass thatched house with orphans to care for, I'm so proud of late to be staying in an iron roofed house and to have taken my children to another level of education, all because of the strength of a woman, strength of a widow!! "
Salome's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Salome enrolled.
"I had hard times in bringing up my siblings who were left orphans by my parents , I took some loans that I've not even paid back to date just to cater for their education."
Joyce's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Joyce received a $491 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that now I can take care of my family with my cereal business and I no longer ask my in-laws for food as I used to and there is an improvement on my children education."
Judith's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Judith received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my second transfer on expanding my small retail business(selling scons). I also planning to use part of the money on enrolling my step child to a secondary school as my stepchild has completed his primary education ."
Monica's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Monica received a $419 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer on finishing my house as it has been incompelete for such a long time and also paying my children's school fees so as to make them getter better education"
Scovia's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Scovia received a $419 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is having my children back in school. Before enrolling in GD, my children had lost hope in good education due to lack of school fees. i am now happy they are at school. Thanks to GD"
Bernard's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Bernard enrolled.
"I'm planning to spend my transfer on going back to college to continue with my course in education,pay school fees for my children in primary school and lastly use the remaining amount to buy food and clothes for the family."
Jane's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"My first priority is to spend transfer on taking my daughter to college.She completed her secondary school education two years ago but l have not been able to take her to college because of lack of money.She wants to study hospitality and hotel management."
Pamela's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"The achievement I'm proudest of is having went for an early childhood education training which in some cases helps me get some little money when I offer my services in our local schools here in the village. "
Gideon's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Gideon received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend the larger part of my second transfer on enrolling my child in a high school since he has just finished her primary education this year in the month of November. I am also planning to buy a dairy cow to get milk from it through this my family and I can drink milk on a daily basis hence balance diet. At the moment I can take almost two weeks before buying milk because of split priorities ahead of me. "
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