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.
Jenipher's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Jenipher enrolled.
"The achievement am proudest of educating my children. The eldest is in university and several others in high school. It's my pride to see them getting an education because I never had a chance to."
Edwina's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Edwina enrolled.
"The happiest part of my day is when my children wake up very early in the morning and prepare to go to school so that they can learn without any interruption of being sent home for school fees. This makes me happy as they are able to get education just like the other kids in Kenya."
Minyuma's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Minyuma enrolled.
"I am planning to use my transfer on my children's secondary education, expand my house because it's small and I have a large family, and invest the remaining amount on farming so as to raise my level of income."
Daniel's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Daniel enrolled.
"I am planning to use my transfer on my son's secondary education so that in future he may be able to assist me financially . I plan to buy tools for quarry mining so that I can work and earn more money and buy bulls for ploughing to expand my farming business."
Esther's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Esther enrolled.
"The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I wake up early at around 5am to prepare breakfast for my kids and prepare them for school. This makes me happy as the are going to get an education that I wasn't able to get during my time when I was young."
Eunice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Eunice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is how to pay school fees for my children, the little income that I get from selling vegetables at the market might not be enough to fully fund their educational needs."
Risper's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Risper enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have given our children basic education. We have two children who have completed their secondary education and two have reached class eight."
Rose's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of sufficient resources to meet food and education needs of my family because I have no job and my spouse has no reliable source of income."
Rose's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when my son was sent home from school due to lack of school fees. It has been difficult for me because I can't afford to pay for his education. I depend only on the little money that I get from the sale of sisal ropes and charcoal."
Rose's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"I am planning to finish plastering my house because a mud built house harbour a lot of dangerous insects and crawling animals such as snakes and bedbugs . I also plan to use the transfer on my children's education, and finally purchase land for farming."
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