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.
Christine's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"We are planning to spend a big portion of our transfer on school fees.We are also planning to improve our house by plastering the walls and the floor,replacing the worn out roof and painting the house to give it a new look."
Grace's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"I plan to put this money into school fees. My daughter who sat her high school exams can't pick her certificate because of arrears. I also have other kids in high school."
Phoebe's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Phoebe enrolled.
"I plan to renovate my house and to pay school fees. I educate my grandchild who is disabled and in a special school."
Rosa's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rosa enrolled.
"I plan to pay school fees, I have two of my children in high school and one in special school. I also want to expand my house and to buy a ploughing machine for farming."
Alice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on paying my dowry as my husband will buy two cows that will be paid to my parents, I have a child who is joining form one next year so I will pay school fees for him,we have a farm that has not been attended to for a very long time and its now bushy so we will pay someone to clear the land for us,I will spend part of the transfer also to buy a motorcycle that my husband will use in moving around whenever he is going to his work of electronics repair and the remaining amount I will spend on starting a small business of shopkeeping."
Joshua's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Joshua enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on paying dowry for my wife,I will spend part of the transfer on buying four bulls that I will use in ploughing my farm,I will buy some bags of cement that I will use in building a bigger house as the one I stay in is small,I will use part of the transfer also on purchasing household items like clothes and beddings for my family. I will use the remaining amount on paying school fees for my children who are currently in primary school and also part of it I will use in buying a water tank that I will use in harvesting rain water."
Judith's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Judith enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having tilled my farm and after selling the produce I have been able to pay school fees for my children and now only two of my children are yet to complete school."
Abigael's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Abigael enrolled.
"I am planning to buy sand and cement which will be used to plaster the walls of my house. I will also use part of the transfers to pay school fees for my child who is in secondary school."
Phillippines's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Phillippines enrolled.
"I am planning to build another house because this one is very small.I am also planning to buy some goats because they are capable of giving birth twice a year hence I can sell the young ones to raise school fees."
Antony's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Antony enrolled.
"I am planning to spend three quarters of my transfer on school fees.I am also planning to improve my house by cementing the floor and the walls."
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