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.
Zeldah's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Zeldah enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have managed to educate our siblings upto the University level by using our savings from motorcycle business." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Denis's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Denis received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to enroll to a driving school and renovate my main house using the remaining part of my upcoming lumpsum payment." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Pamela's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Pamela received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy a second hand motorcycle and expand my main house using my upcoming lumpsum payment."
Emilly's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Emilly received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to rent a piece of land for cultivation, buy cement and cement the floor and walls of my house to finish it. I also plan to buy a young bull for keeping." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Samuel's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Samuel received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend it on buying farming bulls, extend my house, plaster my house clear school fees, start up a small business" (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Collince's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Collince received a $99 initial payment.
"I will spend the whole of my upcoming lumpsum payment on a second hand motorcycle." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Andrew's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Andrew received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy two cows to pay my wife's dowry, to farm on a piece of land i bought earlier and to plant 2000 trees as an investment for the future." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Millicent's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Millicent received a $496 second payment.
"GD considers the struggles of recipient by giving transfers and allowing us to address our pressing needs unlike other NGOs that supply us with blankets and shoes yet our urgent needs are not addressed." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Nancy's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Nancy received a $99 initial payment.
"We (with spouse) plan to spend my upcoming lump sum payment on construction of a new house and buying dry grain for food." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
Johnson's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Johnson received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to add the money together and buy a motor bike for transport business, because the one am using is in poor condition." (Occupation: Motorcycle or bicycle taxi)
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