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.
Magaret's family
access_time 6 years ago
Magaret enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is finding enough food for my family. There is inflation yet money sources continue to be scarce. " (Country: Kenya)
Julia's family
access_time 6 years ago
Julia enrolled.
"My biggest hardship has been finding food for the family because we have faced long droughts which led to little harvests. The demand for cereals also went up causing prices to shoot as well. " (Country: Kenya)
Mary's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I have been called to join campus in a very far off town and at times my fear is that I may go without food because my parents are not well off." (Country: Kenya)
Beatrice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that my income is very low and getting money to pay school fees for my children is a difficult task as majority of them are forced to drop out of school before joining high school due to lack of school fees." (Country: Kenya)
Joshua's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joshua enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I spent a lot of cash to take my children to school but unfortunately they are still unemployed thereby making them to still depend on me but I don't have the strength to support them fully due to old age." (Country: Kenya)
Rosemary's family
access_time 6 years ago
Rosemary enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I am a widow and my daughter also left me with a her kids as orphans when she died and this has really overburdened me because I have additional mouths to feed and take care of. " (Country: Kenya)
Vincent's family
access_time 6 years ago
Vincent enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I am disabled and jobless hence getting my daily bread is a challenge to me as the work I am currently doing is a volunteer job." (Country: Kenya)
Samuel's family
access_time 6 years ago
Samuel enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is inability to raise enough school fees to pay for my two children in secondary day school." (Country: Kenya)
Moses's family
access_time 6 years ago
Moses enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of income since the casual jobs do not offer sufficient returns. There is one night that i almost lost my baby to an acute stomach problem because i had no money to hire a motor bike to drop him to the hospital." (Country: Kenya)
Irine's family
access_time 6 years ago
Irine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship have faced in life is the death of my elder brother who was paying my school fees,I had to drop from school and find a way to continue with my education." (Country: Kenya)