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
Benta
received a $99 initial payment.
"We bed 3000 KES, mattress 4000 KES, maize 1500 KES and clothes."
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over 8 years ago
Quinter
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent 20000 KES on my cereal and groccery business, bought seats, bed and mattress with 25000 KES and spent 5000 KES on clothes for the family."
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over 8 years ago
Mary
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying a bed,mattress,table.I also bought paint,cement,fisher board and paid school fees for my child in college."
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over 8 years ago
Edinah
received a $493 second payment.
"I used my transfer to treat of my mother (3900), bought clothes (3200), sofa set (21000), a table (3500), a mattress (4500), transport (3000), barbed wire (5000) and food (5000)."
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over 8 years ago
David
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent my first transfer on building an iron roofed house.I also bought a bed and a mattress."
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over 8 years ago
Jane
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent 16600 KES of my first lumpsum transfer on a cow, 10600 KES on a sofa set, 5500 KES on 2 mattresses, 500 KES on 2 blankets, 2400 KES on clothing for my household members, I cleared school fees balances for my 3 children with 6000 KES, I spent 5600 KES on 2 sacks of maize and I invested the remaining 2800 KES in fish business."
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over 8 years ago
Florence
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent 38,500 KES to construct a house for my son, bought a mattress for 3,500 KES, some 5 iron sheets for 2,500 KES, a blanket for 1,000 KES and a bed for 2,000 KES. The rest was spent on buying food."
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over 8 years ago
Lydia
received a $493 second payment.
"Other NGOs are corrupt and selective because ever since they started working in the village i have never been enrolled and they give stuff that does not address immediate needs of recipients like water tanks, mattresses. But with GD everyone is reached, and money is sent directly to be used as recipient desires. "
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over 8 years ago
Gidions
received a $493 second payment.
"I paid school fees 20000 KES, bed and mattress 10000 KES, a cow 15000 KES and 5000 KES spent on clothes, uniforms and shoes for my children."
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over 8 years ago
Jackline
received a $493 second payment.
"I used my transfer for personal treatment (7000), bought a mattress (5000), a solar lamp (6400), boost my mandazi business (5000) and plastered my house (26200)."
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