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.
Jane's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"I plan to renovate and expand my house, buy household items like sofa sets, water storage containers and beddings. I also plan to invest in business."
Gladys's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Gladys enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is that I don't have access to fresh drinking water because the main source of water is very far away and I cannot also afford to buy water from water vendors because it is costly."
Alice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The happiest part of my day is in the morning when am in my farm watering vegetables. I always feel happy whenever I do this being that it has been a source of livelihood to me."
Monica's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Monica enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is scarcity of water. I live in a water - stress area whereby we have to go for long distances to fetch water."
Fauza's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Fauza enrolled.
"The achievement am proudest of is furnishing my house with sofa sets, cupboard, beddings and water containers. I bought this through savings from a business I used to run."
Samwel's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Samwel enrolled.
"The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I water and weed the flowers and fruits I have planted here."
Maureen's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Maureen enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is during floods. We are usually affected by storm water being that we stay in a lowland."
Rose's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to buy a small water tank which I use to harvest rain water. I bought it out of the savings that I make from my business."
Rose's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"We plan to spend the transfer to pay school fees for two of our children. We also plan to spend the transfer to expand our house. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy household items like furniture. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy a cow. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy a water tank that we will use to harvest rain water."
Mary's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"I plan to spend the transfer to expand my house. I also plan to spend the transfer to plaster the floor of my house. I also plan to spend the transfer to buy household items like furniture. I also plan to spend the transfer to buy two bulls and oxen plough that I will use for ploughing my farms. I also plan to spend the transfer to buy a water tank that I will use to harvest rainwater."
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