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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over 7 years ago
Everline
received a $97 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on purchasing more utensils in my house and bought hybride seeds to get more yields . I also bought a water tank to collect more water during rainny season and used the larger percentage of the amount on purchasing food for the family consumption."
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over 7 years ago
Grace
received a $486 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on purchasing food for the family consumption, bought a plough and a bull to help in farm work and used the larger percentage of the amount on purchasing a water tank to collect water during rainny seasons."
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over 7 years ago
John
received a $486 third payment.
"I used a larger portion of the transfer to buy water pump and pipes for irrigation purpose. I also purchased family foodstuffs with the rest of the transfer."
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over 7 years ago
Norah
received a $468 third payment.
"My life is different in that, I now have a bigger house than the one I was living in, I piped water in my compound and also I have good seats which are more comfortable. I would not have gotten all this without the transfers. Thank you GD"
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over 7 years ago
Eunice
received a $468 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on cementing the floor of my house at 25,000 KES, used 15,000 KES to admit my child into high school, bought 40 kilograms of maize at 1,500 KES, a water tank at 1,360 KES, a mattress at 5,000 KES."
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over 7 years ago
Lydia
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of farm equipment. During dry seasons, it is so difficult to artificially apply water that sometimes make our crops wither and wilt resulting to great loses."
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over 7 years ago
Micah
received a $97 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on purchasing 2 lorries of sand that I planned to use in plastering my house which was in a very poor condition. It's only through plastering that I knew I could curb the frequent expenses on repairing the walls once washed away by rain water."
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over 7 years ago
Damaris
received a $97 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on plastering the walls of my latrine which was prone to damages caused by rain waters during rainy seasons. Other than that, I purchased 7 pieces of iron sheets and kept aside in preparation for construction of a new house to replace the old, leaking and tiny house that I had before."
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over 7 years ago
Martha
received a $97 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to buy a sack of maize for my family's consumption. I bought a water tank at 2,500 KES to help me store water, bought for my children school shoes at 3,000 KES and also bought food for my family."
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over 7 years ago
Nancy
received a $97 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on purchasing a water tank to store more litres of water, bought food for the family consumption and used most of the transfer on paying fees for my child who was already sent away because of the fee arrears."
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