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
Nancy
received a $492 third payment.
"The new goal i have which i didn't have before receiving the transfer is to buy a water tank"
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Sarah
received a $492 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer to buy a solar panel worth 15000 KES,i finished constructing a pit latrine that i had started. This cost me 22000 KES including labour and the material. I paid 5000 KES fee for my daughter in secondary school. I spent the remaining to buy food for my family."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Millicent
received a $475 third payment.
"From my third transfer, I spent 7,600 KES to buy iron sheets, bought building nails at 1,380 KES, spent 200 KES on transportation, bought building poles at 3,000 KES, spent 3,500 KES to pay laborers building my house, bought 1 bull at 15,000 KES, bought a steel door at 7,000 KES, bought half a sack of maize at 1,200 KES and the remaining 7,000 KES I spent on food and other household expenditures."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Konsilata
received a $475 third payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer since I have manged to build a toilet,a big house and I also managed to buy some household items like a mattress that I never thought I could own."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Thomas
received a $474 third payment.
"I spent the third transfer on paying school fees 25,000KES and workers 7,000KES. I also added some stock onto my second hand clothes business 10,000KES and bought 5 bags of cement 6,000KES ."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Grace
received a $474 third payment.
"My life is different now i have an iron sheet roofed house and paid school fees for my children which i wouldn't have manage if i never received the transfer."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Godwin
received a $474 third payment.
"I spent my third cash transfer to purchase 10 packets of cement worth 6500KES,sand 6000KES,paid workers 5000KES,a sofa set 14000KES,clothes 2000KES and bought food with the rest of the money."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Jane
received a $475 third payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I have built and plastered my house with my cash transfer."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Lilian
received a $475 third payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I have renovated my house from a mud house to a semi permanent house and I have also paid my college fees ."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 7 years ago
Rose
received a $475 third payment.
"My life is different in that I do not ask anybody for anything, I no longer work for people for wages"
(Country: Kenya)
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