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.
Mercy's family
access_time 3 years ago
Mercy enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face is food insufficiency. I rely on a small business of trading in chicken eggs. The profits that I get from this business is only KES 100 per day. This is barely enough to buy foodstuffs that I need daily such as; milk, vegetables, maize flour and cooking oil. I feel that I should increase the number of eggs that I trade in to earn about KES 300 per day in profits."
Jackline's family
access_time 3 years ago
Jackline enrolled.
"Receiving this money means my burden of paying school fees has been lifted off my shoulders. I have eight children, four in secondary school and I pay up to KES 50,000 a year inclusive of other needs like personal effects for them. Being a small-scale farmer and my husband a chicken vendor, it is hard for us to meet all these needs at the same time. With this money, I plan to pay my children's school fees of KES 45,000 for the whole year. For the rest, I will renovate our old house."
Judith's family
access_time 3 years ago
Judith enrolled.
"The biggest hardship has been a lack of capital. I mostly depend on farming, but our area is prone to drought. The little we get from the farm I use for household needs. I used to depend on chicken for sale but recently died due to diseases."
Charles's family
access_time 3 years ago
Charles enrolled.
"I am always happy in the morning up to 12 noon. This is the time i get to do my daily work. I go to the field, feed my livestock (goats and chickens) and i also produce pigeon kraals. So am happy because i enjoy doing that and i am also assured that i will later on get food and money after selling."
Felix's family
access_time 3 years ago
Felix received a $377 initial payment.
"So i own a business of rearing and selling broilers chicken. Before, i did not have enough finances to keep alot of chickens as i wanted. So when i got these funds i built new Chicken house so that i keep enough chickens. I also bought growers feed for the chickens"
Kadenge's family
access_time 3 years ago
Kadenge enrolled.
"In all my youthful years, I had always desired I be a large-scale farmer. If I keep up with saving all my transfers for an entire year, that would translate to roughly 30,000KES. I would be able to procure some chicken and goats, to begin with. I enjoy farming and this would be an opportunity I'm willing to take."
Dennis's family
access_time 3 years ago
Dennis enrolled.
"Am a visionary youth. I have been partly supporting my education through chicken rearing. I currently have twenty chickens. Through GD transfers, I will construct a permanent and spacious structure for the kitchen as well as supply them with modern chicken feeds."
Peter's family
access_time 3 years ago
Peter enrolled.
"With my first two transfers from GD, I will be able to start poultry keeping. I have basic agribusiness knowledge which will allow me do the business with ease. Profit made from the sale of chicken will be directed to paying school fees and the renovation of my mud grass-thatched house."
Tegila's family
access_time 3 years ago
Tegila enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will start an alternative source of income through poultry keeping. I will build a new house and start chicken keeping. Ever since the time I stopped the business, running a small food joint due to my old age, I resorted to doing music but to no avail. It does not pay. I intend to spend about KES 20,000 on try keeping, by constructing a small house and buying about 30 birds. I will then spend the remaining amount on home improvement by putting up a decent house made of timber and demolishing the mud house that I currently live in."
Johana's family
access_time 3 years ago
Johana enrolled.
"I will be able to boost my current business. I sell vegetables and some stationery. I had acquired a loan for a start and I am still in the process of paying it. I will clear the loan and increase my current stock. Selling chicken can also be profitable, I already have a structure where I can rare them and after a while, I will sell them and acquire more."
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