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.
Livingstone's family
access_time 6 years ago
Livingstone received a $4 initial payment.
"I expect my life to be different in the coming months. I will be having my own dairy cows which will be giving us milk within our own compound. My income sources would have increased and my family will be well fed. Malnutrition will be a thing of the past for us."
Joice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joice enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying manure which will be used on my farm to plant maize, part of the transfer will be saved in order to buy a cow and I will ensure that I pay school fees for my daughter Vivian who is in form two."
Edison's family
access_time 6 years ago
Edison received a $471 initial payment.
"I spent 1000000ugx to buy 2 cows and 700000ugx on beddings and clothing."
Geoffrey's family
access_time 6 years ago
Geoffrey received a $4 initial payment.
"My new goal is to use these money to raise tea seedling for sale. This venture will assist me generate income for buying food for the family and buying a cow. For decade we are buying milk as we do not have our own cow."
Brenda's family
access_time 6 years ago
Brenda received a $4 initial payment.
"My life is currently different because i now have a plan to buy a sheep that will grow and become a flock and then help me to buy a cow."
Kipsang's family
access_time 6 years ago
Kipsang received a $4 initial payment.
"I want to rear chicken for egg production and a dairy cow for milk. These will be a source of alternate income for our family."
Clara's family
access_time 6 years ago
Clara received a $22 initial payment.
"My new goal that i wish to achieve is to buy a dairy cow.This will help me reduce my daily expenses because i will not buy milk any more."
Brenda's family
access_time 6 years ago
Brenda received a $4 initial payment.
"I expect my life to be better in the next six months in that my poultry faring will be productive hence will have higher income.I will have bought a cow and a sheep in the next six months."
Susan's family
access_time 6 years ago
Susan enrolled.
"I am planning to spend a bigger part of my transfer, to plaster my house, buy furniture, by a cow that can pay for my dowry which my husband died before paying. I also want to save some money for school fees."
Alice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The happiest part of my day is in the morning after milking my cows and taking them out of the shed to graze. My biggest joy is knowing that my cows are well fed and taken care of because that is also an assurance of enough milk."
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