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.
Beatrice's family
access_time 8 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"We are planning to spend our transfer on buying melon seeds, paying for labour and other farm inputs, so as to expand our water melon project. "
Anjelina's family
access_time 8 years ago
Anjelina received a $493 second payment.
"I bought 8 bags of cement for 6,000 KES, sand for 7,000 KES, 2 wooden windows for 3,000 KES, wooden door for 4,500 KES, paints for 8,100 KES and paid 8,500 KES as labour charges to plaster the walls and floor of the house. I also bought a bag of maize for 3,600 KES, water expenses during the construction period was 1,500 KES and the rest was spent on buying food in the house."
Pheobe's family
access_time 8 years ago
Pheobe enrolled.
"The achievement I'm proudest of is having been able to dig a borehole which helps me with water.I no longer have to go far away to fetch water."
Patricia's family
access_time 8 years ago
Patricia enrolled.
"I'm planning to spend my transfer on building a new house since the current one is old and very weak,secondly I intend to dig a borehole which will help me with water and lastly I will use the remaining amount to construct a toilet since I don't have one."
Hellen's family
access_time 8 years ago
Hellen received a $493 second payment.
"I bought 30 bags of cement at 22,500 KES, a lorry of gravel at 7,500 KES, two lorries of sand at 7,000 KES, a lorry of murram at 3,000 KES, one water tank at 2,500 KES, paid 7,000 KES school fee for my child in high school."
Raphael's family
access_time 8 years ago
Raphael received a $493 second payment.
"I bought a water tank @40,000KES for storing water for domestic use."
Lydia's family
access_time 8 years ago
Lydia received a $493 second payment.
"Other NGOs are corrupt and selective because ever since they started working in the village i have never been enrolled and they give stuff that does not address immediate needs of recipients like water tanks, mattresses. But with GD everyone is reached, and money is sent directly to be used as recipient desires. "
Thadayo's family
access_time 8 years ago
Thadayo received a $493 second payment.
"Initially, I lived in a leaking grass-thatched house that could pour water on us drenching our belongings, making us cold and vulnerable to cases of malaria, however, this is no longer the case since I acquired an iron-roofed house, we are living warmly the biggest difference in our daily life."
Hellen's family
access_time 8 years ago
Hellen received a $493 second payment.
"I bought a cow 10000 KES, iron sheets 20000 KES, nails and poles 3050 KES, water container 1500 KES, bag and blanket 2000 KES, furniture 4000 KES, maize 3200 KES and spent the rest on food."
Jackline's family
access_time 8 years ago
Jackline received a $493 second payment.
"I have a big difference in my daily life. I am now living in a house that is water tight as opposed to before when it could allow in surface run-offs, affecting us with cold, malaria and even drowning some of our items."
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