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 8 years ago
Mary
received a $98 initial payment.
"I spent my token payment on buying a 210 ml water super drum and a goat. I paid 2,000KES for my group loan table banking and 2,000KES, for my child school fees."
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over 8 years ago
Damarice
received a $98 initial payment.
"I spent my token payment on buying a mattress, and my children’s clothes. I paid an outstanding debt of 2,000KES, and bought 20 jerrycans for fetching water."
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over 8 years ago
John
enrolled.
"I am planning to dig a pit latrine because I have been using my neighbour's for quite sometime.I am also planning to drill a borehole inorder to curb water scarcity that is very common in this area."
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over 8 years ago
Jenipher
received a $98 initial payment.
"I plan to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on buying a cows to pay dowry to my late son’s wife. This will help me keep custody of my grandchildren. I am also planning to build a water tank to safely keep water. I have nothing to help me hold water in my house. I will also repair my house."
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over 8 years ago
Rebeka
enrolled.
"I have planned to buy a water tank,buy some furniture and some livestock."
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over 8 years ago
Marcela
enrolled.
"I have planned to expand my business with the first transfer,the second transfer I will use it to buy a water tank and I will also buy house furniture."
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over 8 years ago
Prisca
enrolled.
"I plan to buy water tanks, fix gutters for harvesting rain water, boost my farming activities and to save for school fees."
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over 8 years ago
Ester
enrolled.
"My biggest difficulty has been to obtain clean drinking water because of water shortage in this area."
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over 8 years ago
David
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is inadequacy in the supply of water in this area. We have to trek for long distance to fetch water for domestic use. This has been a major hardship for being that we are nowadays elderly."
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over 8 years ago
Lilian
received a $98 initial payment.
"I would like to build water tank, chairs and cows."
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