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.
Perusing's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Perusing received a $113 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming transfer on starting up a poultry farm and i start rearing chicken since i am so old i can't dig anymore so i can do it from home."
Quinter's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Quinter enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I own chicken that I bought with money from casual labour. "
Caroline's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Caroline enrolled.
"I plan to spend my transfer on buying livestock and expand my business of selling chicken so that I can reach more people and get good income."
Ednah's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Ednah enrolled.
"I plan to use my transfers to start a poultry business selling chicken and secondly I have a pigsty and hence want to buy more pigs and sell them"
Naphtali's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Naphtali enrolled.
"Firstly, I intend to use part of the transfer to pay my school fees, because I will be in form four next year. Secondly, I plan to use another part of the transfer to buy three goats and three sheep, and four chickens, as an investment. Lastly, I plan to use the remaining amount to build my own mud house, with two rooms."
Purity's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Purity received a $98 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to buy second hand iron sheets, buy timber and wire for building a chicken coup, bought poultry for business and also food for my family."
Zacchaeus's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Zacchaeus enrolled.
"I plan to spend my transfers build another house for myself since the one I had fell down. Secondly I plan to start a poultry business to help me get an income by selling the chicken to the hotels"
Dorine's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Dorine received a $98 initial payment.
"I used my first transfer wisely. I have spent some part of it on 3 chicken and I have started poultry farming, which I have been longing for. Besides, I have bought some 10 cushions since we were never comfortable sitting on hard metal chairs."
Jacob's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Jacob received a $98 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying maize, chicken and food"
Jenipher's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Jenipher received a $491 second payment.
"I spent 48000 KES of my second transfer on building a chicken shade for my poultry business.I also bought a solar lamp."
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