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.
Lilian's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"I would like to use the transfer on paying school fees for my son in form two. Secondly,l intend to use my transfer on building a decent latrine for my family.Lastly, l will spend the remaining amount on digging a well in my homestead . We fetch our water from a river which is at a distance.Digging a well,will reduce the time we spend to get water."
Charles's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Charles received a $491 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have managed to construct a nice spacious iron roofed house.My wife doesn't collect rain water at the neighbors house anymore because we now have a house with an iron roof fixed with a small gutter and the whole family members sleep under one roof unlike before where other children could sleep at my brothers place since the previous house was very small."
Benjamin's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Benjamin received a $491 second payment.
"My daily life is different in that I use to live in a grass thatched house which was leaking but now I have a bigger iron roofed house where I can also harvest rain water for drinking "
Jamilla's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Jamilla received a $98 initial payment.
" I bought a bed and a mattress for my children with my first transfer because in my region ,when it rains the water floods into our houses and my children used to sleep on a reed mat on the floor and this would give them cold related ailments."
Rosemary's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Rosemary received a $491 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to buy a water pump at 36000 KES because i have been struggling to raise the money to hire. I spent 3200 KES to buy a sack of corn. I gave 2000 KES pocket money for my son in college. I used the remaining to by food for my family."
Phoebe's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Phoebe received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming transfer on poultry farming, building a latrine and also put up a bore hole in my home, this will enable me to access water easily"
Visit's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Visit received a $98 initial payment.
"As a peasant, my income is low and therefore I couldn't afford paying for water delivered at my door step on a daily basis and to help this, I used half of the transfers for buying a bicycle that has been helping me in transporting water from far distances. We spent the remaining amount on daily food since we were veritably broke before then. That is how my first transfer helped us."
Sila's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Sila received a $491 second payment.
"I am a farmer so i spent my second transfer to buy a water pump that cost me 20000 KES.I will be using this to irrigate my tomato farm and i will nolonger have to hire. I bought furniture that cost me 15000 KES,a clothes suitcase that cost me 3000 KES,a wardrobe that cost me 7000 KES. I also fixed glass windows using 6000 KES."
Ruth's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Ruth received a $491 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer on purchasing a water tank,bought an axe and a machete that I can easily use to prepare firewood,bought a wheelbarow that can help me carry more sugarcane when selling around the village and used most of the transfer on school fees."
Lucy's family
access_time almost 8 years ago
Lucy received a $98 initial payment.
"The roof of my main house is too old to provide us with clean rain water and therefore I will replace its roof when I receive this my upcoming second transfer. The remaining part of it will go to educating my children in high school."
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