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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6 years ago
Caroline
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, is suffering for thirteen years after falling on fire due to epilepsy condition. "
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Linet
enrolled.
"The achievement I am most proud of is training as a dress maker. This has become my source of employment and income as well. I am able to provide for my family through it."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Norah
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship am faced with is feeding my children from the megre earnings from my small scale fish business and the little farm I have can hardly produce enough food for us. "
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Maurice
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement was moving from my parents homestead to build my own homestead, it is exactly a year since I moved. Having my own compound has given me opportunity to plant beautiful trees and to be able to make own decisions without anyone compromising me. "
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Kevin
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship was when flash floods washed my vegetable farm and I encountered loses, even the school that I usually supplied had to cancel my contract with them this really caused me as it was my key source of earning. "
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Catherine
enrolled.
"The greatest achievement I am proudest of is the fact that I have managed to educate all my children. The fruits of my efforts in my small business (Buying and selling maize) enabled me to pay School fees for them through Secondary School to tertiary level."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Margaret
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is losing my 4 children who used to give me financial support. I am now left with four orphans children to look after."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Jerusa
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is domestic violence. After consuming alcohol, my husband resorts to violence for no apparent reason. Sometimes I spend the night in the cold as a result of this.Because of the children, I have to live with it."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of school fees for my children. I do not have a stable source of income and when the children are sent home for fees,am forced to stay with them for long before I can raise the required amount."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Margaret
enrolled.
"The achievement that am most proud of is having my own home.My husband passed on and left me at his parents home without a good house.I had to struggle as a widow to have my own home which am so proud of now."
(Campaign: UBI)
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