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
John
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to pay school fees for my children, and buy oxen for ploughing my farm."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Lillian
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to pay my son fees with a portion of the transfer. I'm also planning to buy some animals with the remaining portion."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Judith
received a $493 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that now I have an income from my business."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Nancy
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a spacious house because my current house is small in size. I'm also planning to furnish my house with the remaining amount."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Margaret
received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a nice iron roofed house because my current house is too small. I'm also planning to cement both floor and roofing of the house."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Ezra
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a house, I currently rent a room at the shopping centre but I really struggle to pay the rent. I am afraid that one day the landlord will evict me if I do not pay rent on time."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Brian
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income, my earnings from fishing are meagre and can hardly cater for all my family's needs, we therefore have to be very careful with what we buy."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Sila
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked for a fish processing company and after saving my wages for quite some time I was able to build my current house."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
David
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough funds to carry out some activities like starting a small business, I am currently out of work and the little cash I get from fishing is hardly enough to take care of my family's needs."
(Country: Kenya)
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over 8 years ago
Tony
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked as a fisherman and saved my earnings, I was then able to buy tree seedlings which I planted and plan to sell the timber when they mature."
(Country: Kenya)
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