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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8 years ago
Samson
received a $494 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to build an iron roofed house at 36,000 KES, bought a sack of maize at 3,000 KES, did a 2,000 KES shopping for my daughter doing a course, eight cushions at 4,000 KES, five chicken at 2,500 KES then used the rest on food for the house."
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8 years ago
Benard
received a $494 second payment.
"I bought 20 iron sheets at 13,000 KES,9 kilogram of nails at 1,600 KES timber at 7,000KES,3 chicken at 1,400 KES,paid 3,500 KES on school fees,paid 5,000 KES debt that i was owing my self help group,gave 5,000 KES to my wife for food,bought a steel door at 7,000 KES and i also used 2,500 KES to dig a pit latrine."
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8 years ago
Milka
received a $99 initial payment.
"I spent 2,000 KES from my first transfer to pay school fees for my children, used 4,000 KES in paying back a debt I owed , invested 2,000 KES in chicken rearing business and spent the remaining 2,000 KES to purchase one sack of maize for my family."
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8 years ago
Victor
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to use my second transfer to buy two windows for my current house, and the remaining to invest in chicken rearing business."
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8 years ago
Geoffrey
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend the transfer on starting a business in trading in goats and chicken."
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8 years ago
Nabulumba
enrolled.
"I do keep local chicken for sell,the sales i get from them i use it for buying basic necessities like soap for my children."
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8 years ago
Judith
received a $99 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on building a poultry house 1,000 KSH, bought 15 chicken 3,000 KSH, 2 sacs of maize 6,000"
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8 years ago
Sarah
received a $99 initial payment.
"I spent the first cash transfer to pay school fees worth 8000 KES for my child who is in secondary school,bought 3 chicken worth 1500 KES,maize 850KES and used the rest of the money to buy food that sustained my family"
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8 years ago
Datum
enrolled.
"The proudest achievement was raising my chicken single handedly."
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8 years ago
Rebecca
enrolled.
"I did establish a poultry farm of chicken, the sales from the chicken i could use it treatment incase one of us in my family gets ill."
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