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.
Decla's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Decla received a $22 twentieth payment.
"My new goal is to buy a chain wire mesh for fencing around the poultry house. I have been losing some eggs to predators and also my chicken would destroy neighbour's crops. This has compelled me to put up a fence to prevent losing eggs and chicks as well as avoiding conflict which may result from the straying chicken to people's farms."
Joseph's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Joseph received a $22 twentieth payment.
"In the next six months, I would have upgraded my business from selling chicken to selling goats and sheep. This would enable me to earn more profit which would empower me to do much more and meet my daily expenses with less struggle."
Anna's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Anna received a $22 twentieth payment.
"Since I started receiving transfers from GD, I invested in poultry farming and through this venture, I have been able to pay my bills. In the last four months, I have been spending part of my cash on buying feeds for the chicken. In a day I collect approximately 10 eggs which translate to KES 150. This amount is enough to meet my daily basic needs."
Alice's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Alice received a $22 twentieth payment.
"I expect my life to have changed in the next six months because I will be using the transfers to run a grocery business. I also hope to have bought some chickens that may be another source of income through egg production. The income I will be getting from grocery business and poultry keeping will sustain us. I also know my son will be going on well with his education because I will be paying school fees on time using my transfers stating form January 2020. I expect to be successful in these many ways in the coming six months."
Weldon's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Weldon received a $535 initial payment.
"When I received my first transfer, I spent part of it to start a poultry keeping project. I was able to buy 50 chicken and two sacks of chicken feed as a way of starting this project. I settled on this since it is something you can rely on in case of an emergency. Also, this project can run smoothly alongside other projects. Buying milk has been my routine and it is always costly. Due to this, I decided to buy a dairy cow worth KES 25000 using my transfer. When it reproduces, I will be able to save the money I would otherwise use in buying milk. Also, I will be able to earn an income through milk sales. I used the remaining amount to buy for myself some decent clothes."
Rebecca's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Rebecca received a $22 twentieth payment.
"My new goal is to buy a chain link for constructing a poultry house. I got some chicken which I rear on a free ranch and more often they stray to neighbour's farms and destroy their crops and this has resulted in conflict. I am thinking of finding a lasting solution to this by constructing a structure to confine them so that I would no longer have a conflict with my neighbours."
Cicilia's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Cicilia enrolled.
"My first priority is expanding my poultry farm when I receive this money.I will start by fencing a portion of my compound using mesh wire to ensure the chicken are contained hence well taken care of.I will add 20 indigenous chicken to the few that I have.My second plan is buying a dairy cow which will cost me not less than Ksh.30,000(300 USD).I depend on my children to get milk for consumption because I cannot afford to buy my own.I am now very happy because I can also sell the surplus milk and satisfy my own needs instead of depending on my children."
John's family
access_time over 4 years ago
John received a $22 seventeenth payment.
"Once the chicken rearing project has started off then we will have a source of income that we can rely ongoing into the future. I will be sure of getting a steady flow of income going into the future which for me I think will make life much easier for us."
Brenda's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Brenda received a $22 twentieth payment.
"Apart from the purchase of a heifer, I also have an additional goal to start a poultry project. This is another potential income-generating project which will be helpful in ensuring that all the household requirements are met. In the next four months, I will be working on the construction of a modern chicken coop and later obtain a quality breed of chicks."
Sally's family
access_time over 4 years ago
Sally received a $22 twentieth payment.
"In the last four months, I have witnessed a lot of differences in my daily life, most of them are so impressive that I always wish that the officers who enrolled us into the program could come and see. Many structures have been put up in our household, most of which were not existing before the transfers but now they are looking good. Within a period of four months, the biggest difference in my daily life is the initiation to the completion of a poultry project. Although after bringing in the poultry they all died, I still never gave up but improved the structures which I had earlier on pit up for them. I currently have a complete modern chicken coop and have managed to fence all around my vegetable garden to protect my vegetables from the destructive chickens. This to me is a step ahead since reestablishing the poultry project again will not be hard since I have done a lot in the infrastructure."
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