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
Richard
enrolled.
"There a season in 2015 when I had planted cabbages and coincidentally we experienced a long drought in our village which made my cabbages highly demanded, people were coming form far to come and buy it. I got enough money to build my house and feed my family for the whole year"
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Gideon
enrolled.
"In 2013, I started poultry keeping as a source of income. I started small and I never imagined that it could grow into something big. Within two years, I was able to sell all my chicken and buy a dairy cow. This made me so proud and motivated me to work even harder."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Seliner
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when my husband fell sick. I got married to my husband when he was well and of sound mind. He later on fell sick and even got mentally challenged. It has been difficult providing for the family on my own since he cannot support me. I have been living with this for quite a while now and somehow I always find a way out."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Leah
enrolled.
"We have always desired to give our children the best in terms of education. There are times when we had our children in various schools and we needed money to pay their school fees. We strained financially as a family and we ended up borrowing more than we were able to pay. It is still a problem up to date but we are struggling to clear the debts. This has been the biggest hardship in our lives."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Margaret
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is the loss of my husband. I become the sole bread winner for my family despite the fact that I did not have a stable income. I had to find ways of how my children would eat,what they would wear and how they could go to school. His death left me a sad and bitter woman especially with all the responsibilities I had to do."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is the loss of my husband at a tender age. I was still a young woman married with children and I had no job. Taking care of the children's food, clothing, shelter and schooling proved difficult for me. I had to struggle by doing manual jobs just to get some money so as to feed them. "
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Mary
received a $23 initial payment.
"In the next six months,I expect my life to change as I am hopeful that I shall have known how to make hair and make more profits."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Weldon
enrolled.
"The greatest achievement that I have achieved in my life is transfering my child to a private school. This came after a successful farming, which enabled me to save some money that I used to pay the school fees for this child."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Sharon
enrolled.
"Since 2010 we have been planting maize and been affect by certain disease this has really affect my family because we were forced to buy food for my family. This has been our biggest hardship we have faced as a family."
(Campaign: UBI)
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6 years ago
Robert
received a $23 initial payment.
"By the time six months will be over I will have accumulated enough money to buy a co, I want to start keeping livestock and I will start with one cow."
(Campaign: UBI)
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