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.
Roseline's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Roseline enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I'm currently facing is lack of water which has led to famine in our area."
Janet's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Janet enrolled.
"My biggest hardship at this moment is feeding my family and shortage of water since the long drought destroyed most of our farms where we could at least get something to feed on."
George's family
access_time over 7 years ago
George enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we face in our life is that we experience water shortage in our area and we don't have a tank to harvest water when it rains hence this makes us to walk more than three kilometers to fetch water."
Lilian's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I'm facing is shortage of food and clean drinking water for my family."
Christine's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"Getting water and food has been the biggest hardship for us. With this drought, domestic animals have and our crops have all died. There is so much suffering."
Mary's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"Due to the drought, all the seasonal rivers and taps have dried up. We have to get water from the lake which is very far from here."
Eliza's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Eliza received a $97 initial payment.
"I was from the stream to get water when I received the money and I was very glad."
Milka's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Milka enrolled.
"My biggest problem is lack of water, we have to walk for long distances to get water."
Dorcas's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Dorcas received a $487 second payment.
"I spent the second transfer on building a new house to have being rainy on with children during rainy season, I also installed water pipe in my compound. "
Alrica's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Alrica received a $97 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on purchase of paying Secondary school fee for our child (5,000 KES) to facilitate consistent learning for better performance, a water storage tank and dry corn for food (4,000 KES)"
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