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.
Robert's family
access_time over 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."
Rose's family
access_time over 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."
Elena's family
access_time over 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."
Hellen's family
access_time over 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."
Joyce's family
access_time over 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."
Selly's family
access_time over 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."
Dolrosa's family
access_time over 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."
Jane's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Jane received a $23 fifth payment.
"In the next four months I am planning to buy the water tank for longer water storage and also to put up a grain store."
Nehemiah's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Nehemiah received a $23 fifth payment.
"The new goal I now have is to buy a water tank so that I can be using it to store water during rainy season."
Sammy's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Sammy received a $23 fifth payment.
"My life currently has really changed in that I have a large water tank and it has really saved us a lot of time to do other activities , we have running projects which we never had before and even paying of school fees for my children is no longer as hard as in the past few months."
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