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.
Priskila's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Priskila received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a kitchen and buy a cow."
Lencer's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Lencer received a $99 initial payment.
"I have a plan of buying timber, iron sheets and other building materials then build and move to my new home. Besides , I will spend the remaining amount of my upcoming lumpsum payment on a cow."
Elida's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Elida received a $496 second payment.
"I bought steel door and windows (13000 KES) fascia board (3500 KES), paid school fees (5000 KES), two cow (25500 KES), and two sacks of maize (6000 KES)"
Mercy's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Mercy received a $496 second payment.
"I spent 30,000 KES to buy two cows, bought cushions at 2,500 KES, school uniform cost me 1,500 and school levies 1,000 KES. I also bought a bag of maize at 2,600 KES and added 5,000 KES to my business capital. The rest of the transfer has been spent on buying daily food expenses."
Sabina's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Sabina enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on building a house and buying some bags of cement that will be used in plastering the floor, I will spend part of the transfer on buying furniture for our house which will include chairs and a table and I will also spend part of the transfer on buying three goats and a cow. The remaining amount I will spend on buying a piece of land that we can use as a farm where we will plant vegetables like kale and tomatoes."
Ruth's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Ruth enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying two dairy cows to provide my family with milk and a source of income. "
Joshua's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Joshua received a $99 initial payment.
"I want to extend my main house and fix to it some still doors and windows then buy some cows with my upcoming lumpsum payment."
Rose's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rose received a $496 second payment.
"l bought furniture at 15000 kshs, cow at 15000 kshs, 2 sacks of maize at 4000 kshs, utensils at 2000 kshs the remaining balance l still hold it in my e -mpesa account."
Caroline's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Caroline received a $99 initial payment.
"I want to extend and plaster my main house with sand and cement and should any amount from the lumpsum payment remains, I would buy a cow."
Jenipher's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Jenipher received a $496 second payment.
"l spend the money to plaster my house so l bought sand at 7000 kshs, 6 bags of cement at 5100 kshs labor 2500 kshs, l also bought furniture at 20000 kshs, cow at 10000 kshs the remaining balance use to buy food stuffs."
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