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.
Kesiah's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Kesiah enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of enough money to cater for my children's school fees, they were recently sent away from school because they had fee arrears."
Eunice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Eunice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is how to pay school fees for my children, the little income that I get from selling vegetables at the market might not be enough to fully fund their educational needs."
Hellen's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Hellen enrolled.
"I am planning to pay school fees for my son who is in secondary school and my daughter who is in primary school."
Herine's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Herine enrolled.
"I plan to spend the transfer to buy a bed and beddings. I also plan to spend the transfer to buy windows and install in my house. My house currently lacks proper ventilation. I also plan to spend the transfer to pay school fees for my son in high school."
Ester's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Ester enrolled.
"I plan to spend the transfer to pay school fees for my daughter in high school. I also plan to start a small business. I also plan to plaster my house being that am allergic to dust."
Benson's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Benson enrolled.
"I would like to use part of the transfer to renovat and extend my house. Finally l would like to pay school fees for my children in high school."
Joseph's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"The achievement am proudest of is educating my children through high school as a single parent. I was a professional photographer until I developed eye problem. That's how I was able to pay school fees."
Joseph's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on paying school school fees for my children who are in secondary school and primary school, I will also spend part of my transfer on buying a bull and a ploughing machine that I can use in tilling my farm. I will also use part of the transfer on building a toilet as currently I don't have any,I will buy a chair and a table for my house and the remaining amount I will spend on building a house as the one I stay in has a leaking roof."
Philemon's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Philemon enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on connecting electricity to my house as we have been using a small solar panel and an old vehicle battery,I will also use part of the transfer to pay school fees for my seven children who are in primary school and I will use some part of the cash to expand my business of phone charging and mpesa. I will use the remaining amount in completing the renovation of my house by buying fifteen bags of cement."
Jane's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"I would like to use part of the transfer to pay school fees for our son who is joining form one next year. Secondly l would wish to build a rental house being that we have a plot next to the road which is very strategic for rental houses. Finally l would like to pay school fees for my step daughter who dropped out of school in form three because of lack of school fees."
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