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
Beatrice
enrolled.
"We plan to spend the transfer to construct a bigger house. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy household items like furniture and mattress. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy a water harvesting tank which I will use to harvest rain water."
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over 8 years ago
Millicent
enrolled.
"We plan to spend the transfer to buy a water tank that we will use to harvest rain water. We also plan to spend the transfer to start a poultry farm. We also plan to spend the transfer to plaster our house."
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over 8 years ago
Rebecca
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is fetching water,we walk for miles in order to get clean water."
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over 8 years ago
Mica
enrolled.
"I am planning to buy a water tank that will tap rain water for drinking and cooking since water scarcity in a big issue here.I will also buy sand and cement so that I can finish plastering my house."
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over 8 years ago
Ruth
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is how to get fresh drinking water because water scarcity is a very big issue in this area since the main source of water is very far away from the village and buying water daily from the vendors is also expensive."
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over 8 years ago
Ivone
enrolled.
"I plan to buy a water tank, pay school fees and to renovate my house."
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over 8 years ago
Irene
enrolled.
"We plan to build a home, buy household items that we lack that is, sofa sets, beddings, and water storage containers. We also plan to buy livestock mainly cattle and sheep."
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over 8 years ago
Beatrice
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is that I cannot access clean drinking water because water scarcity is a very big issue in this area since the main source of water is very far away."
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over 8 years ago
Charles
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying a water tank of 60,000 litres that can be used for water harvesting, I will buy furniture for my house including chairs and a bed. I will spend part of the transfer on paying school fees for my children who are going to school and I will buy them also some clothes. The remaining amount I will spend on buying food that we eat and some of it we will use it in boosting my son's business of selling chicken."
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over 8 years ago
Kenneth
enrolled.
"I am planning to lease a piece of land where I can grow tomatoes, onions and kales,I will also buy a diesel water pump which I will use to irrigate my farm. Any remaining cash will be used to pay college fees for a course in electrical installation which I am currently undertaking."
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