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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.
Mary's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Mary received a $195 initial payment.
"So far I have only managed to purchase some of the required building materials that I will use to construct my mother a house. I plan to use the next transfer to purchase the remaining materials and pay for the construction expenses. Once my mother has been relocated home, I will also use part of the money to open her a business where she can earn her own income. I will also buy her livestock such as chicken and a dairy cow to provide her with milk for personal use and for sale.Whatever is left will be used to pay for my children's school fees."
Leokadia's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Leokadia received a $22 eighth payment.
"I do not have additional goal a part from buying more chicken to improve my poultry farming."
Macdalenah's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Macdalenah enrolled.
"I am almost through with educating my children.I currently have two children in college;one doing diploma and another doing undergraduate.This means that in a few months I will be free from the school fees burden.This is the moment that I have been longing for.This is because I feel that its time now to look after myself since old age is slowly creeping in.The first thing I want to do the transfer is to cement my house which is a mud floor.Mantaining a mud floor at my age is very tiresome and it slowly becoming hard for me.The remaining transfer will also help me expand my poultry unit.I have had a few chicken but due to the school fees burden I have not been able to rear a large number."
Evans's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Evans received a $195 initial payment.
"I want to major in poultry farming so that I can completely quit the casual jobs I normally do.For this to be possible,I will use my next transfer to expand the project by constructing another chicken pen and bring in layers so that I can be selling both eggs and broiler chickens. I will then spend the rest of the money on a second-hand motorcylce which I will use for delivery purposes and part time taxi business."
Jacob's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Jacob received a $22 eighth payment.
"I would not have had the opportunity to start the project that I already launched within the last four months. I am able to sell my chicken whenever I need urgent cash which makes me financially stable so that I do not have to only rely on my salary as a source of income."
Mary's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to start poultry rearing. I am planning to start poultry rearing because it is easier to start and poultry have a ready market. I previously worked as a casual employee to a rich man in our village who reared poultry and I gained a lot of knowledge from him and this transfer will now enable me to start my own. The eggs produced by the chicken will be used both for our consumption and the rest will be sold to get money to meet our other medical and school fees needs. "
Hillary's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Hillary received a $22 eighth payment.
"I have the plan to buy some chicken to rear. I will keep them in order to grow the poultry system. I also plan to buy sheep ffor rearing too."
Benjamin's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Benjamin received a $22 eighth payment.
"I plan to start a new project in January of keeping Poultry. I will build a pouktry house and buy chicken."
Hellen's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Hellen received a $22 eighth payment.
"I have been able to buy a buy chicken that I will be selling in the near future in exchange of cash. This will be a good business going into the future because when I am broke I will be able to get more cash by selling out the stock every month."
Florence's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Florence received a $537 initial payment.
"It is already another rainy season, that means a planting season in my community. To ensure food security for my household, I had to indulge in farming to ensure we have enough to eat up to the next season, and when I received the money, I spent most of it on ploughing my farm and even planting some corn in addition to other varieties of fruits for commercial purposes. Some of the money I spent on starting poultry keeping for business too. I particularly chose on rearing ducks as they have ready markets and rearing them is easy. They do not need frequent vaccinations like chicken. Not everyone does it too which gives me a competitive advantage over those selling chicken which is common. This means I am guaranteed of income in the near future."
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