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
Dorine
enrolled.
"The achievement we are proudest of is having been able to see our first born child through college,we were also able to dig a borehole to helps us with water."
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over 8 years ago
Yukabeth
enrolled.
"I'm planning to spend my transfer on the following ways; Expanding my current house since it is small,I also intend to invest in farming of tomatoes and Watermelon since they are doing good in our soil and lastly I will use the remaining amount to pay school fees for my child who is yet to join secondary school even after passing his eighth grade with good marks."
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over 8 years ago
Philip
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on starting a horticultural project. I am planning to buy a water pump, hose pipes, vegetable seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides, and then grow vegetables which I will sell to earn some income. "
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over 8 years ago
Mary
received a $99 initial payment.
"I bought 38 wall poles at 3,530 KES, one water tank at 1,500 KES, one basin at 500 KES, three iron sheets at 1,800 KES, one goat at 1,500 KES, used 2,000 KES to dug a hole for the pit latrine."
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over 8 years ago
Tobias
enrolled.
"I would like to use part of the money to open up a business to generate income to support my family. Secondly l would wish to dig a borehole since we have water problem in this area. Lastly I would like to build a pit latrine for my family since we do not have any toilet. "
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over 8 years ago
Lillian
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is seeing our house getting damaged by floods. We live in a flood prone area, and when it rains, water flows into our house. "
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over 8 years ago
Kenedy
received a $99 initial payment.
"Am planning to install piped water in my compound then use the rest to fence the compound."
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over 8 years ago
Jane
received a $99 initial payment.
"I bought a water tank at 2,000 KES, a sack and half of maize at 3,500 KES, used 2,000 KES to buy clothes for my children, paid 2,000 KES school fee for my two children in Primary school."
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over 8 years ago
Siprin
received a $99 initial payment.
"Am planning to buy a big water tank and a donkey with the L1."
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over 8 years ago
Syprine
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy a big water tank, 2 cows and pay school fees with my upcoming lump-sum payment."
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