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.
Dorcas's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Dorcas enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is meeting the demands of my family especially on food. My business collapsed and I don't have a steady income to help me feed my family well." (Campaign: UBI)
Esther's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Esther enrolled.
"My proudest achievement in life was passing class eight exam and becoming one of the few girls that were able to join secondary school. I feel so motivated in working hard enough and making it to university." (Campaign: UBI)
Brian's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Brian enrolled.
"My proudest achievement in life is buying a goat from meager earnings from casual work. I hope to sell it in future and buy a plane as one of the tools I need to start my carpentry work. " (Campaign: UBI)
Millicent's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Millicent enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of parental care. My parents died when I was still a young girl and was forced to drop out of school and get married as there was nobody to take up responsibility of raising me up." (Campaign: UBI)
Beldina's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Beldina enrolled.
"My greatest achievement was when I took a loan from One Acre Fund to buy seeds and fertilizers which at the time of harvest, I got 5 sacks of 90kg each hence I had enough to feed my family." (Campaign: UBI)
Edwin's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Edwin enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of in life, is the establishment of my own homestead where I live happily with my family members. This has earned me respect among my peers." (Campaign: UBI)
Jackline's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Jackline enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I had faced in life was the difficulty in raising up my daughter as a single mother. My boyfriend disowned me immediately I got pregnant. I was not only stressed then, but was also subjected to hard labour in order to earn a living. " (Campaign: UBI)
Silvia's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Silvia enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life,was back in January of 2015,I had just lost my husband in the road accident." (Campaign: UBI)
Joice's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Joice enrolled.
"The achievement that i am most proud of is having been able to build my own semi permanent house that i am currently living in from the money that i had managed to save through selling of my farm produce." (Campaign: UBI)
Paul's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Paul enrolled.
"The achievement that i am most proud of was being able to build my own house that is spacious enough to accommodate my large family of eight comfortably and also being able to educate most of my children despite not having a very stable source of income." (Campaign: UBI)
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