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
Evaline
received a $99 initial payment.
"I will build a bigger house using the whole of my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Abigael
received a $99 initial payment.
"My compound is really flooding with the heavy rains, my house is also in very poor condition; almost falling. I therefore plan to buy an ironsheet, timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house for my family."
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over 8 years ago
Shelemiah
received a $497 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a fully furnished house."
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over 8 years ago
Lilian
received a $497 second payment.
"Other NGOs come with fixed projects in the community which sometimes do not go into full completion, while GD sends you the transfer and you decide on your own how to spend it."
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over 8 years ago
Eunes
received a $497 second payment.
"GD supported me so much to pay school fees when l was stack."
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over 8 years ago
Pamela
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy a second hand motorcycle and expand my main house using my upcoming lumpsum payment."
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over 8 years ago
Pauline
received a $99 initial payment.
"We are planning to spend my upcoming lump sum transfer on construction of a new house and starting a small business."
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over 8 years ago
Lorna
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend the transfer on plastering my house and buying house hold goods."
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over 8 years ago
Caren
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to send one of my children to college because the three of them copleted school but I have not been able to raise enough money for them to join college. I also plan to buy cement to cement the floor and walls of my house."
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over 8 years ago
George
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to buy oxen, food and clothing for my family."
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