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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6 years ago
Patrick
received a $472 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my family is happy because they got a bicycle for fetching water, a cow and a goat that will support family development. We are also happy because we will be able to hire the garden next year."
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6 years ago
Cynthia
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I walk for almost 1Km in search of water for irrigating our farm where I have planted kales and tomatoes. This is tiresome and time consuming for me. "
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6 years ago
Vincent
received a $254 initial payment.
"My new goal is to buy a water irrigation machine. This will help in irrigating my farm and I do have to worry of the outcome even during drought.This means more profits regardless of the seasons."
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6 years ago
Robert
received a $476 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying bedings, utensils and some building materials such as nails, poles and iron sheets which I am now using to build my house. We can not build with bricks since it is a water logged. I am now going to sleep well then before."
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6 years ago
Rose
received a $473 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to get back my land which I had given out in exchange for money that I had used to educate my children because I had no place to plant my cassava. Most gardens that I had are all water logged and one can not plant cassava there.
I also my transfer to finish up paying my children school fees. This is because there was a burning date for their fees."
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6 years ago
Elena
received a $235 initial payment.
"I expect to my house to have changed from mud floor to a plastered floor and I expect to have bought a water tank to aid in storage."
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6 years ago
Hellen
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means constructing an iron roof house.
This will provide a comfortable shelter and also enable my household harvest rain water during rainy season."
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6 years ago
Joyce
received a $235 initial payment.
"The biggest difference is that these transfers have enabled me to buy a motorcycle which is used for water transport."
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6 years ago
Selly
received a $23 sixth payment.
"I have a plan of buying a big tank that will help me harvest water from my new house and this will make me very happy having such a dream life."
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6 years ago
Dolrosa
received a $23 fifth payment.
"My new goal in the next four months is to cement my house because it emits alot of dust hence I have to sprinkle water to reduce dust everyday which is hectic."
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