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.
Benson's family
access_time 6 years ago
Benson enrolled.
"Am planning to spend the transfer on playing school fees for my son who is in form four currently and also to buy maize from the village and supply schools."
Lilian's family
access_time 6 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of in life, was rearing a sounder of swine from which I could raise some cash, that helped me pay my children's school fees."
Lavender's family
access_time 6 years ago
Lavender enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, is the difficulty in paying my high school fees since I was occasionally sent home, and I could take longer period before I got back to school. This really affected my performance."
Mathew's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mathew enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is paying school fees for my son who is in secondary school. I feel so happy as I know that education will eventually bring change in my family."
Lilian's family
access_time 6 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"I plan to open up a small business where I will be selling groundnuts. This will enable me in boosting up my income in order to pay for my daughter's school fees easily."
Florence's family
access_time 6 years ago
Florence enrolled.
"The achievement I'm proudest about is working hard in farming to produce quality harvest that I sold to raise school fees for my grandchildren."
Anne's family
access_time 6 years ago
Anne enrolled.
"My cereal business has since gone done due to payment of school fees. I shall therefore, use the givedirectly cash transfer on expanding my business from the current 3bags of maize to 10bags that shall see the business sufficient to feed the family and pay fees which is a great dilema for me."
Alice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"I am planning to spend the givedirectly cash transfer on starting a small business, buy a dairy cow and pay school fees for my children."
Mildred's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mildred enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have is lack of enough income to pay the school fees for both my children and the orphans that am taking care of. "
Judith's family
access_time 6 years ago
Judith enrolled.
"Am planning to spend my transfers in buying building materials to build a house where my children can sleep.Lack of money has forced me to sleep with them in the same house despite of the fact that they're now grown.l will also pay school fees and buy requirements like books for my children."
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