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.
Magret's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Magret enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is having ill health, currently am having problems with my knees, I cannot walk long distance and I must walk to the market, yet the little sales I make are not enough even for food yet I need to buy medicine and visit the doctors for treatment which until now I have not been able to visit."
Judith's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Judith enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is being unable to meet medical needs of my children since most of the time they fall sick. And because of lack of finances we are not able to buy complete dose of medicine."
Monicah's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Monicah received a $23 sixth payment.
"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that, I do not buy maize everyday because I got a good harvest after buying seeds using the transfer. I also bought medicine hence no longer borrow from people to have them in stalk."
Peter's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Peter enrolled.
"The biggest hardship has been the breakdown of my motor bike and poor yields due to too much rains. This has strained my family since at times we lack money for food or even to buy medicine to the children."
Pelinah's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Pelinah enrolled.
"Failure to eat an average of 2 meals a day yet am supposed to take medicine."
Anthony's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Anthony enrolled.
"Two years ago I suffered from arthritis.This disease came at a time when my children were very young.I had to get support from friends and family to feed my children since I could not work.I also spent the little I had to seek medication which I later got through herbal medicine.This was the biggest hardship I have faced in life that still lingers in my mind."
Pamela's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Pamela received a $23 third payment.
"I am now able to buy food for my family and also give pocket money to my grandson. In addition to that I am able to buy my medicine without struggling the way i used to do before."
Angella's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Angella received a $429 second payment.
""I spent my second transfer for buying a motor bike at 1,000,000ugx as a top up, paid school fees for my children at 306,000ugx, bought medicine for treating myself at 260,000ugx and the remaining balance was spent for buying the windows for my newly constructed permanent house.""
Sylivia's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Sylivia enrolled.
"The biggest hardest I have faced in life is the inability to access good mediacal care for me and my children, despite the fact that there is free mediacal care at government aided hospitals, most of the time I have visited those health units they have refered me to buy medicine using my own money which money in most cases I have not been having and this means going back home to treat my children using local herbs which has been risky to my family."
Lukiya's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Lukiya enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is that most of the time my children have been sickly and accessing treatment for them has always been hard though there is free medical care in government health facilities, most the time doctors have been refering me to buy medicines to private health facilities and yet our income levels are very low."
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