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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8 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is lack of proper water for drinking, we also don't have proper source of income since we depend on daily jobs."
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8 years ago
Margarita
received a $494 second payment.
"I spent my first lumpsump on buying a water container at 1900 KES, farming at 4000 KES,one and a half bags of maize at 3600 KES, food at 8600 KES, and paid school fees for my grandchildren at 30,000KES."
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8 years ago
Winnie
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting food, safe drinking water and school fees for our children is a challenge for us as a family as our income is very low."
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8 years ago
Dorothy
enrolled.
"The happiest part of my day is when I wake up in the morning and go out to fetch water at the nearby water pan. This makes me happy as getting water in our village is a challenge especially during this dry season."
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over 8 years ago
Rose
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on building a bigger house, build a latrine, put up a water tank and spend the rest on livestock. "
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over 8 years ago
Susan
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying a bull to help me in farming, build a bigger shelter, paying my kids' school fees, buy a donkey to help fetch water from long distance since we have water scarcity in this area and boost my business. "
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over 8 years ago
David
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to sink a borehole and I am happy of constant water supply for household use and for horticultural farming. "
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over 8 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that our land is experiencing drought and this at times forces us to walk for over 3 hours in search of water."
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over 8 years ago
Carine
received a $496 second payment.
"I used to fetch water over long distance and carry it on my back something that could make me susceptible to frequent backaches but since I got transfers from GD, I managed to buy a donkey that helps me carry water over long distance a big difference in my life."
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over 8 years ago
Rose
received a $496 second payment.
"I bought 26 iron sheets at 18,700KES, one still door at 7,700KES, 10 fisher boards at 4,700KES, 21 wall poles at 4,000KES, one solar lamp at 4,900KES, used 500KES on fetching water, paid 5,000KES school fee for my daughter in high school, gave 2,000KES to my mother and 2,000KES to my son,"
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