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.
Syprose's family
access_time 6 years ago
Syprose enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that my business of selling tomatoes and kales is not making any profit at the moment while I have a huge burden of paying school fees for my son who is in college and those in secondary school."
Carolyne's family
access_time 6 years ago
Carolyne enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer to revive my tea leaves business. I hope this will be a more reliable source of income that will enable me raise school fees for my children and also meet basic needs of my family."
Joice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joice enrolled.
"Iam planning to spend my transfer in paying school fees since l have a child in secondary and currently we don't have a stable source of income."
Victor's family
access_time 6 years ago
Victor enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on paying my school fees now that I am still in Secondary School."
Prisca's family
access_time 6 years ago
Prisca enrolled.
"I plan to spend my transfers towards enlarging my house to accommodate many guests when visited. I have daughters and I look forward to hosting my in-laws which will need space. I will also spend part of the transfers on school fees for my son who is in secondary school form one. "
Millicent's family
access_time 6 years ago
Millicent enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is in raising school fees to ensure my children and grandchild go to school regularly since my spouse and I are low income earners. I have a daughter in university and another in medical college, and a granddaughter in secondary school form two. "
Pamela's family
access_time 6 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"My biggest hardship was the death of my husband, the seven children he left behind paying the school fees was not easy as i had no stable job and income."
Jane's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"My happiest part of the day is in the evening when I come back home knowing that I made profit from my business. The profit generated from the business helps me in buying food for my family, repaying my loans and also paying school fees for my brother "
Gabriel's family
access_time 6 years ago
Gabriel enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life came as a result of separating with my wife thereby leaving me as the only bread winner for my two children. My barber shop business also collapsed, and as a result forcing me to become a small-scale farmer as an alternative means of getting money to feed my kids and pay their school fees. "
Patrisia's family
access_time 6 years ago
Patrisia enrolled.
"I am planning to use my transfers on farming various crops e.g. sweet potatoes, maize and beans which I will use to feed my family and sell to get school fees. "
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