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.
Pamela's family
access_time 6 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is paying school fees for my children. I am determined to give them the best through education that hopefully will bring change in our lives."
Joseph's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"Initially, payment of school fees for my kids was difficult due to the fact that I was unemployed and didn't have any capital to start a business. My kids had to delay going to school and this made me feel as if I had failed as a parent. This is the biggest hardship I have ever experienced. "
Stephen's family
access_time 6 years ago
Stephen enrolled.
"I have managed to educate my kids through hard work and determination in my farm. Some of them are in tertiary level while others are in secondary school. I have ensured that their school fees arrears are cleared on time and this for me is the achievement I am proudest of. "
Hellen's family
access_time 6 years ago
Hellen enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having a mahogany tree plantation in my home, of about half an acre piece of land.I used them to put up my grandmother's roof and I.This saved my money for other plans that I had like paying school fees for my children and buying food for my family."
Jackline's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jackline enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is paying my children's school fees. Am a mother of 7and at times raising school fees from my farm produce does not bring much."
Grace's family
access_time 6 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that i have faced was dealing with depression when i was forced to drop out of high school due to lack of school fees.Not being able to continue with my education that would have enabled me to realise my dream of becoming a teacher,depressed me a lot ."
Perez's family
access_time 6 years ago
Perez enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of was my small business of selling fish,I was able to pay school fees for my children with no difficulties."
Coleta's family
access_time 6 years ago
Coleta enrolled.
"The achievement am proudest of, was way back when I was selling fish,i was able to pay my first child school fees with the little I earn and see him through college."
James's family
access_time 6 years ago
James enrolled.
"The greatest achievement that am proudest of is having resorted to full time farming.This has always ensured that we have enough food as a family and given me easy time to pay school fees better than my days as a casual laborer in Nakuru."
Mercy's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mercy enrolled.
"Being a single mother at a young age has been the biggest hardship I have faced in my life.I have struggled raising up my two children alone and especially paying school fees for my five year old child who is in a private school."
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