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.
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almost 8 years ago
Alice
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming transfer on farming, buying cattle and expanding my small business which is my source of income"
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almost 8 years ago
George
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy tuk tuk with my upcoming transfer. My four friends and I are contributing towards this to start transportation business."
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almost 8 years ago
Christine
received a $491 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to buy building materials that cost me 30000 KES that i used to build a new house. I was living in a rented house. I invested 10,000 KES in my retail shop business at least i have a steady income to support my family. I bought a bed that cost me 4000 KES and bedding that cost me 3500 KES. I spent the remaining to buy food for my family. "
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almost 8 years ago
Dejakes
received a $98 initial payment.
"I have been running a maize grinder that collapsed due to lack of operational cost and therefore when I will receive my upcoming second transfer, I will revive the business."
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almost 8 years ago
Rose
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming transfer on paying school fees, build a new kitchen and farming"
(Occupation: Small business)
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almost 8 years ago
Agnes
received a $491 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is the bigger house I stay in now which accommodate my family comfortably. "
(Occupation: Small business)
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almost 8 years ago
Michael
received a $491 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to plaster my current house, so i bought fourteen tonnes of sand that cost me 8500 KES,twenty bags of cement that cost me 12000 KES, I paid 8000 KES for labour during the plastering. My mattress was old so i bought one at 7000 KES. I also spent 2500 KES in boostig my wife's business. I have been using the remaining to buy food for my family."
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almost 8 years ago
Paul
received a $491 second payment.
"The house I used to live in was small and had cracks all over but now I live in a bigger plastered house and has also expanded my business which has improved my family's income and this makes me very happy."
(Occupation: Small business)
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almost 8 years ago
David
received a $98 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on starting up a shop business which now acts as my source of income"
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almost 8 years ago
Lillian
received a $98 initial payment.
"When I receive my upcoming second transfer, I will build a better house since where I live is not pleasing a lot. Again, I would like to invest part of the transfer in livestock that I expect to facilitate education of my children when they reach high school."
(Occupation: Small business)
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