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.
William's family
access_time 6 years ago
William received a $22 initial payment.
"My new goal that i have is that i am planning to expand my business by planting more crops to give me a higher yield." (Campaign: UBI)
Brian's family
access_time 6 years ago
Brian received a $4 initial payment.
"I expect to have built my own house and will be living comfortable since i will have more than one sources of income, i.e motorcycle taxi and sales from chicken rearing." (Campaign: UBI)
Jectone's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jectone received a $22 initial payment.
"My life is currently different from how it would have been if I never received the transfer in that, I managed to pay school for my daughter since I know that my child's eduaction is very important and this is the best thing that I can give her." (Campaign: UBI)
Susan's family
access_time 6 years ago
Susan enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is,building a house. I used to sleep with my children at my brother in law's house for eleven years after the death of my husband. After saving some money through casual labour, I now have my home." (Campaign: UBI)
Prtronala's family
access_time 6 years ago
Prtronala enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is,getting money to feed the children and how to pay their college fees due to lack of a stable income." (Campaign: UBI)
Ambros's family
access_time 6 years ago
Ambros enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is getting college fees for my two children since I don't have a stable income from my peasant farming." (Campaign: UBI)
Joseph's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is the bamper harvest i had last season, i harvested ten sacks that i used to feed my family and sold the rest to assist me pay school fees for my brothers." (Campaign: UBI)
Collins's family
access_time 6 years ago
Collins enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having my home, i rented for over 15years but i can now smile because i no longer pay rent this has improved my savings." (Campaign: UBI)
Ouma's family
access_time 6 years ago
Ouma enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I had faced in my life was when I hired a piece land cultivated well and used all the money I had hoping to get bumper harvest.However due to drought I never harvested. " (Campaign: UBI)
Kevin's family
access_time 6 years ago
Kevin enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I had faced in life was when I cultivated well used a lot of money to farm but due to drought I harvested little produce that could not surpport my family." (Campaign: UBI)
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