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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over 8 years ago
Peter
enrolled.
"I want to open a hotel business and put up a poultry structure to start poultry business "
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Everlin
received a $496 second payment.
"All the NGOs are good because they support poor families and orphans which enable us educate our children who would otherwise have been school drop outs."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Michael
received a $496 second payment.
"I bought chairs at 15,000 KES and a bull at 20,000 KES. I also bought sand at 10,000 KES and boosted my quarry business with the remaining amount."
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over 8 years ago
Helidah
received a $99 initial payment.
"I wanted to renovate my main house, invest in maize farming and clear school fees for my children."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Millicent
received a $99 initial payment.
"God willing, I will buy a land and start in shoe business using my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Susan
received a $496 second payment.
"Give Directly gives out money which one can use to buy other things unlike the other NGO which used to give us a commodity like a mosquito net and yet we have many needs."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Beatrice
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to construct a latrine, a house and clear school fees balance for my children with the whole of my upcoming lumpsum payment."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Horace
received a $496 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I empowered my wife to start a shop business which has since provided a source of income and has curbed idleness."
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over 8 years ago
Richard
enrolled.
"I want to purchase a grinding machine and cables for small business, I also want to build a permanent house and furnish my house, finally I would like to pay school fees for my children who are in secondary and college. "
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Tereza
enrolled.
"When I make good profits in my my small business of selling firewood. "
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