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
Rose
received a $98 initial payment.
"I used a portion of the transfer to medicate my grandson. I purchased a mattress. I also bought foodstuffs for family consumption."
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over 8 years ago
David
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I don't have a stable income that would enable me buy household items like furniture and mattress."
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over 8 years ago
Beatrice
enrolled.
"We plan to spend the transfer to construct a bigger house. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy household items like furniture and mattress. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy a water harvesting tank which I will use to harvest rain water."
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over 8 years ago
Rose
enrolled.
"I plan to spend the transfer to buy iron sheets and construct a house. I also plan to spend the transfer to buy furniture, mattress and cushion. I also plan to spend the transfer to buy a cow. I also plan to spend the transfer to boost my business."
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over 8 years ago
Phoebe
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying household items that I lack like a bed, a mattress and water tank for harvesting water using the first transfer. The second transfer I will spend on starting a business of shopkeeping and the final transfer I will spend on buying twenty eight iron sheets that we will use in building our house."
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over 8 years ago
Beatrice
received a $98 initial payment.
"l spent transfer to pay school fee. l bought mattress and bought food."
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over 8 years ago
Pauline
enrolled.
"We plan to spend the transfer to pay school fees for my son in high school. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy household items like furniture and mattress."
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over 8 years ago
Millicent
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to work hard bought a mattress and bedding."
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over 8 years ago
Peter
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my first transfer on buying chairs, a mattress, utensils and containers that I can use to store water like a tank. The second transfer I will spend on building my own house by buying building materials like timber and cement and the remaining amount I will spend on bringing back my wife or marrying a different one if I am not lucky to have her back."
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over 8 years ago
Edward
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having done horticultural farming, I planted tomatoes and kales, when I sold the produce I got enough money and was able to buy a mattress, sheets, blankets and a small radio."
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