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
Charles
received a $493 second payment.
"I bought two cows 28000 KES, a goat 2500 KES, a bed 3500 KES, table 4200 KES and a sack of maize 2600 KES."
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8 years ago
Turfosa
received a $493 second payment.
"I bought a cow (20000) a goat (2000), a mattress (3500) and timber to build a boat (15000)"
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8 years ago
Poline
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent 5000 KES of my first lumpsum transfer on a sofa set, 5000 KES on 6 cushions, 6000 KES on 2 sacks of maize, 3200 KES on a table, 7000 KES on 2 goats, 3000 KES on timbers and I saved the remaining 20800 KES."
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8 years ago
Violet
received a $493 second payment.
"I plastered my house (22000), paid fees for 3 children (1300), bought 2 goats (6500), 2 bags of maize (6000), clothes and shoes (5000), food (2000) and invested 7000 in my chips business."
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8 years ago
Peter
received a $493 second payment.
"GD enabled me acquire more wealth-cows and goats that have reproduced. When we milk these animals we get milk that we drink and sell getting more money that cater for my household needs."
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8 years ago
Antony
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent the transfer on paying school fees 27500 KES, 1 cow 13000 KES, 2 goats 4500 KES and boosted my business 3000 KES."
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8 years ago
Linet
received a $493 second payment.
"I paid 10,000 KES school fee for my child, bought 15 iron sheets at 10,000 KES, one wooden bed at 5,000 KES, one mattress at 3,500 KES, one wooden chair at 3,000 KES, 16 wall poles at 2,400 KES, 7 kilograms of nails at 980 KES, three bags of cement at 2,250 KES, clothes for my children at 3,000 KES, one goat at 3,000 KES, put 3,000 KES aside to be using to travel to a hospital everyday for TB injection then used the rest on food for the house."
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8 years ago
Eliakim
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent the transfer on buying sand 8000 KES, soil 4000 KES, 8 bags of cement 6640 KES, Labor 12000 KES, 2 goats 6600 KES , weeding on my farm 4000 KES and 4 windows 10000 KES."
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8 years ago
Getruda
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is growing some peas which I sold and got money that I used to buy some goats. "
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8 years ago
Charles
enrolled.
"I'm planning to spend on livestock, especially goats and sheep, because they reproduce faster and that help me grow my asset base. "
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