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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almost 8 years ago
Caroline
received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my second transfer to pay school fees for my children, buy sofa set, plaster my house, buy a new mattress, and also a bigger bed."
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almost 8 years ago
Gideon
received a $98 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying cushions for my house so that it could look presentable and a mattress since the one I had before the transfer was old hence I could not sleep comfortably, this situation affected my productivity during the day.I also bought 25 tins of maize to feed my family . "
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almost 8 years ago
Zakiya
received a $420 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am happier because I now my children can have good clothes and sleep well since I bought mattresses for them. I could not affront these things before GD helped me"
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almost 8 years ago
Eunice
received a $98 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying 3 sheep, a mattress and food"
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almost 8 years ago
Salimati
received a $112 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying ironsheets as I prepare to start on building myself a house.I also bought a mattress since i was sleeping on a mat."
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almost 8 years ago
Thomson
received a $491 second payment.
"We spent the second transfer to buy a mattress and a bed since we only had one bed and none for a visitor. We then bought two cows to keep in our homestead for milk and then started the construction of a pit latrine as we lacked one in the compound. "
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almost 8 years ago
Ricardo
received a $491 second payment.
"I spent my second trasnfer to buy electric cable to enable me install electricity in my house. Bought a new mattress because the one I had was worn out and most of my transfer I spent to buy building materials to build a new, bigger house in my own compound."
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almost 8 years ago
Christine
received a $112 initial payment.
"I bought a mattress, bedsheets and children's cloths in my first transfer these were our immediate needs. Our children now have cloths to put on"
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8 years ago
Sulaina
received a $112 initial payment.
"I bought a mattress and solar panel in my first transfer because the children burnt my mattress using a local candle. I also paid school fees in the rest of the balance"
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8 years ago
Selisita
received a $112 initial payment.
"In my first transfer I had to buy bedding like mattress, bedsheets and blanket I was sleeping poorly in cold night "
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