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.
Joswa's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Joswa enrolled.
"The proudest achievement is that I have my own cows"
Cerina's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Cerina enrolled.
"I am planning to spend to spend my transfer on paying school fees for my children who are in secondary school and college,we will pay a debt that we owe someone on land that was sold to us and the remaining amount we will use to build another house and to buy a cow that we will use to plough our farm."
Serfina's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Serfina enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on renovating my house by buying cement to repair it, I will pay school fees for my child who is in form four in a local secondary school and part of the transfer we will spend on buying a goat and a cow. The remaining amount we shall spend on purchasing maize that we will eat at home."
Lorna's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Lorna enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying two cows that we will use in ploughing our farm, I will buy two goats that we can keep and sell whenever we have problems with cash and part of the transfer we will spend it in paying for medical bills as I am currently sick. I will also use part of it to renovate my house."
Romanus's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Romanus enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on building a house as the one I have is very small for my family, I will rear some chicken and keep dairy cows using the cash and part of it also I will use to pay school fees for my children."
Nancy's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Nancy enrolled.
"I plan to spend the transfer to plaster my house. I also plan to spend the transfer to build a kitchen where my children can sleep. I also plan to spend the transfer to buy a cow that can provide me with milk."
Elizabeth's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I managed to buy a cow. It gave birth to a young one which I sold to pay school fees."
Mary's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The happiest part of my day is in the morning when am grazing my cows. I feel proud because I they provide with milk."
Rosline's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rosline enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying food that we eat as a family, I will pay school fees for my child who is in secondary school, my house is also very small hence I plan to build a bigger house and I will use the remaining amount to buy a cow so that I can keep for milk and I will name it GiveDirect."
Eunice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Eunice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is in terms of having difficulty when it comes to ploughing my farm as the cow that I used to plough my farm with died and I usually plant late when others had already prepared their land."
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