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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6 years ago
Daisy
received a $22 initial payment.
"I expect my living standard will have improved in the next six months. I will lease more land for planting cereals. I will the be more stable in terms of income generation."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Rebecca
received a $22 initial payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that hygiene at home will be the best since I will be having my tank at home and now water will never be a problem.I will also have a small cow for milk either for home consumption and income generation all these through GD transfers and family combined efforts."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Johnstone
received a $22 initial payment.
"I am really thinking of buying a sheep. I hope that with time this sheep will multiply and I will be able to sell it whenever I am faced with difficulties in life."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Eddah
received a $22 initial payment.
"By the end of six I will have built a bigger business space that is permanent. I will also be running a tea buying business. I see my living standards will have improved at the end of six months."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Ruth
received a $22 initial payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will easily manage to take care of my needs without asking someone to chip in."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Samwel
received a $22 initial payment.
"In the next six months, my life will have changed because I will be owning at least one dairy cow. This is the passion that I have and it will make my life joyful. I will be able to provide to my family by selling milk and earning income. Poverty will a thing of the past."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Winny
received a $22 initial payment.
"I no longer depend a lot on my husband like the way I would have done if I never received this money. I can now make independent decisions which my husband also supports. I see these transfer as a source of financial empowerment."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Philister
received a $22 initial payment.
"I have a new goal to construct a poultry house so that I can start rearing hens for egg production and I would be selling their eggs."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Linner
received a $22 initial payment.
"We are planning to start a merry go round with members from our village because this will enable us to save amount every month to help us in paying school fees for our children."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Joyline
received a $22 initial payment.
"I now have a plan of building a bigger house since the one I currently live in is small and to buy a cow so that I will not be buying milk any more."
(Campaign: UBI)
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