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.
Elizabeth's family
access_time 6 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced is raising school fees.When my son joined University,it was very difficult to raise his fees and this forced my spouse and I to sell all our cows.Up to now,we do not have any cow to produce milk for my family"
Emmy's family
access_time 6 years ago
Emmy enrolled.
"In the year 2009, we decided as a family to invest in tomatoes farming after maize failed to give us profits for three consecutive years. To our surprise, we made a very huge harvest which saw us make a lot of profits. It was then that we were able to build this house we are living in and even bought a dairy cow for the family. This was a great achievement to our family which I will never forget."
Robert's family
access_time 6 years ago
Robert enrolled.
"I'm planning to use my transfer to buy a dairy cow, this will enable have enough milk for my family and also create income by selling the remaining"
Joseph's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"I am planning to use my transfer to buy a dairy cow and build house for my poultry farming, this will increase my income"
Judith's family
access_time 6 years ago
Judith received a $480 third payment.
"I spent the transfer to pay contractors to build a new house as i had an old house,bought a cow for rearing and the rest i bought my son iron sheets to build himself a house as he did not have one."
Joseph's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joseph received a $236 initial payment.
"The expected biggest difference in my daily life is that when I finally buy the cross breed cow, I will be able to get more milk for sale , and make more money, from which I will accomplish my other projects"
James's family
access_time 6 years ago
James received a $479 third payment.
"I spent the transfer to buy a cow for rearing to give us milk,bought building materials to renovate my roof as the timber had decayed, paid contractors and the rest i bought food for family consumption."
Linda's family
access_time 6 years ago
Linda received a $479 third payment.
"I spent the whole of my third transfer on purchasing two dairy cows for milk production which we will start enjoying three months from now when they give birth. I plan to sell some of it to get money and use the rest in my house because currently, we use black tea because we can not afford KES 40 everyday to buy milk."
Nancy's family
access_time 6 years ago
Nancy received a $636 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to purchase a wall unit that costed me 19,000 KES then I bought a cow at 17,000, bought two goats at 7500 KES and the remaining amount I spent to plaster my house."
Janet's family
access_time 6 years ago
Janet received a $479 third payment.
"I boosted my third transfer with my savings from second transfer and spent it in purchasing a piece of land worth 60000 KES because I wanted to put up my own home since we did not have enough space to put a home.I also bought a cow worth 17000 KES because I new with time it will add me some financial value."
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