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.
Grace's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"I am planning to pay school fees for my children, buy a cow and repair my house."
Mary's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on paying school fees for orphan children that I am staying with, I will buy two cows that I will use for ploughing my farm, I will buy food that we will eat as a family and seeds for planting like maize, beans and tomatoes including fertilizer for my farm."
Erick's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Erick enrolled.
"I'm happiest in the morning because this is the time I wake up to milk my cow inorder to get milk for consumption."
Seline's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Seline enrolled.
"I would like to use part of the transfer to pay dowry to my parents. Secondly l would wish to buy a cows to act as security incase of any emergency. Lastly I would like to open up a business to generate income."
Julian's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Julian enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that we have struggled and bought cows for my family."
Mauline's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Mauline enrolled.
"I am planning to build a new house because my roof is old and licks during rainy seasons and this exposes my children to diseases. I also plan to purchase household furniture I and a dairy cow. I will also start up fish business."
Milka's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Milka enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have chicken and cows that I bought through hard work as a fisherman."
William's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
William enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying boats and nets that I can use in my fishing business. Will also buy another piece of land because our land is small and I would wish to have another land that I can do farming activity. I will part of the transfer on buying some sheep and cows that I can keep for meat and milk to supplement my family's diet."
Sharon's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Sharon enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying cows that will be used in paying for my dowry, we will buy a piece of land as the one we currently stay in is very small and the remainder will be used to start a small business of shopkeeping."
Christine's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"The achievement am proudest of is a cow that I bought with my savings. I feel proud because this is an asset. I had also started plastering my house with cement, the walls and the floor. It's incomplete now due to lack of cash but I still feel proud."
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