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
Syprine
received a $98 initial payment.
"I wish to repair my house."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Milca
enrolled.
"I am planning to start operating a business of buying and selling second hand clothes. I am also planning to spend the rest on school fees."
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over 8 years ago
Elizabeth
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship has been to raise enough capital inorder to revive my shop business that I closed down due to insufficient stock."
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over 8 years ago
Lucy
enrolled.
"First, I would like to clear the school fee balance that my son owes the school. Secondly,I would like to spend the remaining amount to boost my fish business so that I can make more money."
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over 8 years ago
Dorothy
enrolled.
"I have planned to set up a small business,I will also like to build my own permanent home."
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over 8 years ago
Pamela
enrolled.
"I would like to use part of the transfer to build a permanent house rather than the mud house l have currently since it is very difficult to maintain. Finally I would wish to expand my business to generate more income to sustain my family."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"I plan to spend the transfer to buy bulls and oxen plough that I will use during ploughing. I also plan to spend the transfer to plaster my house. I also plan to spend the transfer to build a toilet. I also plan to spend the transfer to start a business that will provide me with an income."
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over 8 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that I have managed to buy chairs for my house and also made a steel door using cash that I got from my business of working in a stone quarry."
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over 8 years ago
Rehema
enrolled.
"I am planning to construct a pit latrine to improve the hygiene of my compound, expand my house because it's small, build a kitchen that can also be used as a bedroom for my visitors and set up fish vending business so that I have a proper source of income."
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over 8 years ago
Judith
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that I have lost a lot of my family members and am the one taking care of the children who have been left orphaned."
(Occupation: Small business)
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