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
Gaudensia
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I faced in life was paying school fees for two children in secondary school. It was hectic since we had no stable income and in most cases they were sent back for fees hence missing classes."
(Country: Kenya)
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6 years ago
Ezekiel
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I faced was towards educating two of my children in secondary school. With no stable income to source for their school fees, they had to attend school irregularly due to fee problems. "
(Country: Kenya)
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6 years ago
Sarah
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I faced was school fee problem during my secondary schooling. I doubted finishing my studies successfully since I was sent back home for fees oftenly. "
(Country: Kenya)
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6 years ago
Rispa
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is to find enough food for the family. We have not had enough rains in the past seasons which led to little harvest and food scarcity. "
(Country: Kenya)
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6 years ago
Miriam
received a $4 initial payment.
"My new goal is to enroll my child for a P1 Teachers' Training.We could not plan this way before I started receiving the transfers."
(Country: Kenya)
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6 years ago
Samwel
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, is the sudden collapse of my poultry project since all my chicken died of coccidiosis. Starting from a scratch to earn livelihood was pretty hard due to the fact that I had spent all my savings on treating my chicken, hoping that they would recover."
(Country: Kenya)
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6 years ago
Colleta
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, is the difficulty in supporting my family, as well as educating my eldest daughter who is presently enrolled in form one. I am not formally employed, hence I do not have a reliable source of income."
(Country: Kenya)
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6 years ago
Meshack
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is unemployment which has made my livelihood unbearable."
(Country: Kenya)
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6 years ago
Jacob
enrolled.
""The biggest hardship i have faced in my life is the rough part of life after the death of my parents when i was 13 years of age. Before that, life was smooth and good because we could be provided with our needs but after i lost my parents, my brothers and i were to depend on relatives for our care and other basic provisions.""
(Country: Kenya)
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6 years ago
Patrick
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is when I fell sick which made my wife to leave me, this made me become more depressed as there was no one to take care of me."
(Country: Kenya)
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