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.
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8 years ago
Benter
received a $475 third payment.
"I have managed to pay school fees comfortably for my son who has finished his course successfully, we bought goats which now has kids and have repaired our old house which we could not have done without the GD transfer."
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8 years ago
Mary
received a $475 third payment.
"I bought two goats 9000 KES, iron sheets for 1400 KES, paid school fees 5000 KES and still saving 30000 KES for buying a calf."
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8 years ago
Philip
received a $99 initial payment.
"When I received my token payment, I spent 8000 KES on 2 goats and the remaining 2000 KES on food and clothing for my household members."
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8 years ago
Lucy
received a $99 initial payment.
"Am planning to set my own compound then use the rest to buy a cow, a sheep or a goat depending on the amount that will be remaining."
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8 years ago
Roseline
received a $99 initial payment.
"I bought a mattress at 4,500 KES, 12 cushions at 2,400 KES and a goat at 3,000 KES."
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8 years ago
Beatrice
received a $99 initial payment.
"I paid 3,000 KES school fee for my three children, bought a sack of maize at 3,000 KES, one goat at 3,000 KES then used the rest on food for the house."
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8 years ago
Mary
received a $99 initial payment.
"I bought 38 wall poles at 3,530 KES, one water tank at 1,500 KES, one basin at 500 KES, three iron sheets at 1,800 KES, one goat at 1,500 KES, used 2,000 KES to dug a hole for the pit latrine."
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8 years ago
Goreti
received a $475 third payment.
"I spent my second transfer on buying 2 sets of chairs at 13000 KES each,a table at 5000 KES,a bed at 4500,a goat at 2500 KES,utensils,2 sacks of maize and food."
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8 years ago
Anna
received a $99 initial payment.
"I would like to buy a cow, 2 goats and clear school fees balance for my child. That is how I will spend my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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8 years ago
Pillip
received a $99 initial payment.
"I spent 6000 KES on 2 goats, I paid 2000 KES primary school fees for my 2 children and I spent the remaining 2000 KES on food."
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