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.
Mary's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on paying school fees for my children who are in secondary school and one who is supposed to join college, I will also spend part of the transfer on building a kitchen and a house for my eldest son and the remaining amount I will spend on buying a dairy cow. "
Lewtina's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Lewtina enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having started a small business selling fish. This business has enabled me to build my own house after the death of my spouse and also buy some cows. "
Lazarus's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Lazarus enrolled.
"I am planning to start a small business dealing with livestock especially cows. I will also use part of the transfers to buy some oxen which will assist me when I am tilling my farm."
Stephen's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Stephen enrolled.
"I am planning to buy furniture for my house and some cows, finally I will buy sand and cement which I will use to plaster my house. If there are any funds remaining I plan to start a small business which will involve me buy chicken at wholesale prices and later on retailing them. "
Helida's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Helida enrolled.
"I am planning planning to spend my transfer on a dairy cow which I will rear to provide me with milk that I can sell and get money. I will then spend the rest of the transfer on iron sheets to renovate the roof of my house which is rusty and leaking. "
Dorothy's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Dorothy enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying a bed and a mattress using the first transfer as we have a small bed, I will spend the second transfer on buying thirty iron sheets that we will use in building our house and the final transfer I will spend on buying two cows that will be used in paying for my dowry, part of it I will spend it on buying a ploughing machine and a bull that we will use in ploughing our farm."
Teresha's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Teresha enrolled.
"I plan to pay my children's school fee I plan to buy cows that would give me milk I plan to buy other livestock like goats "
Caren's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Caren enrolled.
"Am planning to use milk cows then use the remaining to build a permanent toilet and renovate my house to semi-permanent. "
Leah's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Leah enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that I was able to bit four cows using cash that we had saved from our casual jobs which included ploughing other people's farms."
Frederick's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Frederick enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked as a a construction worker. I have managed to diligently save my wages and now I have a few cows, in addition I have managed to establish my own homestead. "
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